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World Cup 2022: for Moroccans, a draw against Croatia remains a good result
Moroccan Selim Amallah struggles between Croatian Marcelo Brozovic and Dejan Lovren.
REUTERS - MARKO DJURICA
Text by: Farid Achache Follow
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The 2018 world vice-champions did not prove to be dangerous enough to put Morocco in difficulty when they entered the competition without complex.
And the point taken by the Atlas Lions against Croatia could be worth gold in this group where Belgium, the next opponent of the Moroccans, is a scarecrow.
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From our special envoy to Qatar,
Certainly, Morocco has not created any big opportunity against the nation of
Luka Modric.
But with this draw, he was able to generate confidence when his debut in the competition in 2018 in Russia had sounded like a failure against Iran.
For Selim Amallah, midfielder of Standard de Liège, this start to the World Cup is therefore a success.
“
Yes, we would have liked to beat Croatia, but it's not just any team.
I believe that this meeting was balanced and this point is good for everyone
, ”he said, knowing that the rest will be tough with the Belgians.
“
There won't be much to improve, apart from the fact that we fell back at the start of the second half.
Then we played as in the first half with a fairly compact block.
We have to continue like this and score goals
”, admits Selim Amallah who wants to remember a good match against Croatia.
“
We are not going to be choosy
”, launches Sofiane Boufal who plays in Ligue 1 with Angers.
Former Prix Marc-Vivien Foé
expected a "
very difficult
" match.
"
I hope this point bodes well for the future
," he says.
Sofiane Boufal notes that most of the players in the selection were discovering the World Cup and that there was necessarily apprehension.
“
Facing Belgium, we won't have to ask too many questions and play our football
”.
Sofiane Boufal thanks the supporters who came in large numbers.
Romain Saiss, proud of his team
For captain Romain Saiss, you have to be “
proud to take a point against a team that has been playing together for several years and that has automatisms
”.
“
We have ambition and we will have to do better with the ball.
We made a lot of effort to defend and it was a bit complicated when we recovered the ball
, ”admits the former Wolverhampton player who points to quality players in Morocco, like Hakimi.
“
We don't come as tourists, it's already so difficult to qualify with five places for the African continent.
We will have to be up to it, even if we have young players who are discovering the World Cup.
He does not put too much pressure on himself and plays like in a club
, ”concludes the central defender at Beşiktaş JK.
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