The players gave a good image of national, Arab and African football and the fourth place is in itself an honorable result, Regragui affirmed during the press conference, after the classification match lost against Croatia (1-2).
The hope was to crown this successful run with a third place, but the experience of the Croatian selection spoke in his favour, he stressed.
The players have reached this stage of the competition thanks to their will, determination and self-sacrifice for the national jersey, observed the coach, adding that all eyes are now on the next events to be well prepared for, notably the African Cup of Nations.
This honourable participation shows the way to a better future, he said, affirming that participation in the World Cup will be subject to evaluation.
Regarding refereeing, Regragui says that refereeing errors are part of the game and that it is up to the Federation to deal with this aspect. “We will focus on the errors that prevented us from winning (…) the players must concentrate on the game,” he said.
The Moroccan team lost the third-place play-off of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to their Croatian counterparts by 2 goals to 1 on Saturday at the Khalifa International Stadium.
The goals of the match were scored by Achraf Dari (9th) for Morocco, while Gvardiol (7th) and Orsic (42nd) scored for Croatia.
Morocco is the first African and Arab team to have reached this stage of the competition in a World Cup. The final of the 2022 World Cup will be played on Sunday, between France and Argentina.
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