“It will be difficult on the mental level. I will give opportunities to those who did not participate, and we will try to clinch the third place. The important thing is that we presented a good look to our team, and that soccer in Morocco is not far from the top levels,” Regragui stated.
Coach Regragui may be apologetic about the chance he took on fielding injured avid gamers towards protecting champions France, then seeing them compelled to return off in Thursday’s 0-2 semi-final defeat.
Nayef Aguerd was once named within the beginning lineup however dropped out within the warmup whilst fellow middle again and skipper Romain Saiss was once compelled off after 20 mins. Fullback Noussair Mazraoui joined them at the sidelines at halftime, with France 1-0 up thru Theo Hernandez from the 5th minute. All 3 had harm doubts forward of the fit.
His rearranged workforce battled again strongly to place the holders underneath force till replace Randal Kolo Muani’s 79th-minute purpose ended the competition.
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“We gave the maximum, that’s the most important,” Regragui stated. “We had some injuries, we lost Aguerd in the warm-up, Saiss, Mazraoui… but there are no excuses.
“We paid for the slightest mistake. We did not get into the sport smartly, we had an excessive amount of technical waste within the first part, and the second one purpose killed us, however that does not remove the whole lot we did ahead of.”
Regragui said he changed his tactics defensively to try to deal with the speed of France’s wingers, and it largely paid off until Kylian Mbappé Delivered a brilliant late run to set up the winner.
Having become the first African team into the semis, Morocco now face Croatia in the third-place playoff on Saturday.
(With inputs from businesses)