Morocco don’t have any particular plan to cope with the specter of Kylian Mbappe in Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final, with coach Walid Regargui saying holders France pose too many particular person threats to deal with only one.
Mbappe is the match’s high scorer with 5 targets and got here to the eye of England in Saturday’s quarter-final, the place he was largely ineffective, though the French nonetheless gained the sport. Morocco has no such plans, Regargui instructed a information convention forward of Tuesday’s conflict at Al Bayt Stadium.
He stated, “I’m not going to try to lay out any specific strategic plan to counter Kylian.”
“There are other good players in France as well. (Antoine) Griezmann is at the top of his game and playing well between the lines and Ousmane Dembele is also a perfect complement to Mbappe on the other wing.
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premium“If we focus solely on Mbappe it could be a mistake. They are world champions, with world class gamers and they’re going to do the whole lot for that. We must deal with the truth that we’re the issue for France. What are you able to do to generate
Mbappe, on the left facet of the assault, goes up in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain club-mate and shut good friend Achraf Hakimi, a extremely rated Moroccan right-back.
“Achraf is aware of Mbappé higher than me and trains with him day-after-day, so he’s in a greater place than me to know cope with Kylian. Hakimi is among the finest gamers on this planet, so it’ll be a terrific match-up between the 2,” Regargui stated.
Morocco might be trying so as to add France to a formidable listing of scalps within the match to undergo to the semi-finals however want gamers to be slot in time after their torrid five-match fixture in Qatar. Morocco was nonetheless coping with “a lot of injuries”, the coach stated, however the gamers have been recovering. There are issues specifically over the first-choice middle again pairing of captain Romain Sass and Nayef Egurd.
“We have an excellent medical team and they are coming with good news. But we will have to wait till the last minute to pick the team. No one is out yet, but no one is in either,” he stated.
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Rejecting criticism of his defensive block and counter-attacking strategy, added Regaragui, there might be no change in his tactical strategy. “How good is 70% possession if you only get a few shots on target?” He requested.
“Everyone is working, everyone seems to be giving their finest in each means and we play a collective sport with an excellent spirit each time, which is the whole lot in soccer for me.
“When you get to the semi-finals of the World Cup and you are not hungry, that is the issue. Not everyone seems to be fortunate sufficient to play at this stage of the match. The finest workforce right here, Brazil, has already been knocked out ,” Regargui stated.
“We are a very ambitious team, we are hungry. But I don’t know if it will be enough… It can be. We are confident and determined to rewrite the history books.”
Morocco is the primary African and Arab nation to succeed in the semi-finals of the World Cup and it needs to go one step additional.
“I do know we’re not favourites, however we’re assured. You can say I’m loopy however I suppose a little bit little bit of craziness is nice.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
