Walid Regragui is aligned with his Federation.

Asked about the appeal filed Thursday concerning the arbitration of the France-Morocco semi-final, the coach of the Atlas Lions supported the approach, believing that its leaders "did what they had to do".

"It in no way detracts from France's qualification, but when there are refereeing errors, it's good to point them out," he said at a press conference on the eve of the match. for third place in the World Cup against Croatia on Saturday.


“If the penalty had been whistled, would we have qualified for the final?

It's only extrapolation but, in any case, there was a penalty, it should be noted, as all Federations do, continued the technician.

I repeat that it does not change anything as a result of the competition.

We also wish good luck to France but I think we were harmed by a penalty and at least a non-yellow card to Sofiane Boufal.

But it's football, you have to accept it.

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The Moroccan Federation (FRMF), which believes that the selection was deprived of "two indisputable penalties", announced Thursday that it had seized "the competent body" to challenge the arbitration of its semi-final.

The only warning of the meeting addressed to Boufal, on a contact in the surface with the French Théo Hernandez whose gesture could also appear poorly controlled, appeared severe.

On another action, the Moroccan players estimated that Aurélien Tchouaméni had surrounded Youssef En-Nesyri in the area.

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