Morocco’s women’s football team are ready for a battle, and even a feat against their German counterparts in their first match of the World Cup, coach Reynald Pedros said on Sunday.
“Today, I think we’re ready for a real battle and to take on this exceptional team. We’ve prepared ourselves to do something special,” said Reynald Pedros at the pre-match press conference.
“We know this German team, we know that all their players play at a very high level, but we’ve been preparing since June 12 for this first World Cup match, and we said with the staff and the players that we’d be ready,” stressed the national coach, for whom the Atlas Lionesses’ enthusiasm can outweigh the Germans’ experience.
“Yes, we’ve got a tough first match, but it’s so exciting to play this German team, who are European runners-up and who are taking part in this World Cup to win it,” said Pedros.
“We’re so keen to be there that it takes precedence over the fact that we’re playing a team that’s normally far superior to us”, said the coach, adding that “in terms of desire and determination, we certainly have to be better than this team, because it’s the first World Cup match we’re playing”.
“What I want to say to my players is that there are three matches and after this first game, whether the result is negative or positive, we’ll have to play the other two to qualify,” Reynald Pedros stressed.
“So today, we’re going into the game with a lot of desire and determination, and we’re preparing for this match with a lot of serenity,” he insists.
The Atlas Lionesses face Germany in the first game of Group H on Monday at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (9.30am GMT+1). This group also includes South Korea and Colombia, who play on Tuesday at Sydney Football Stadium (3:00am GMT+1).
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