A crisis for Morocco before confronting Croatia.. The official absence of the star of the national team
The Moroccan national team will face a real crisis when it faces Croatia in the match for third place in the Qatar World Cup 2022, on Saturday, in search of a new achievement in the African and Arab World Championship, due to the stress and injuries facing the Moroccan national team.
The coach of the team, Walid Rekragui, revealed the absence of Moroccan defender and captain Roman Sayes from the Croatia match, which was confirmed today, Friday, in a press conference.
The player had left injured in the semi-final match against France in the 21st minute due to an injury he had suffered in the left thigh after beating Portugal 1-0 in the quarter-finals, which means that Sais was unable to play the third-place match against Luka Modric and his companions.
The two teams had met in their first match in the World Cup and tied goalless at the opening of the tournament before completing their way to the elimination rounds to confront again in the third-place match.
After the loss against France, Rakraki indicated that he would make adjustments to his squad for the third-place match in order to give some players the opportunity to participate, but he made it clear on Friday that he would not make wholesale adjustments due to the danger that this carries in facing a team like Croatia.
The coach said, "We lost our captain, Roman Sayes, during the match. We risked him, but it was worth the risk. We wanted to go to battle with him, and he is in command of our battalion. He is injured and we have some other injured players as well. We will check their condition today. We really pushed our players to their limits, but they did not They still want to go out tomorrow and play again."
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