2024-05-31 04:13:14
Winners 1-0 towards Portugal on Saturday on the Al Thumama stadium in Doha, the Atlas Lions prompted a sensation as soon as once more, by flattening one of many favorites for the world title and qualifying for the final 4 of the Qatari World Cup.
After Belgium and Spain, the Morocco staff introduced down Portugal, winner of Euro-2016, to proceed its dream run in Qatar and turn into the primary African and Arab choice to qualify for the semi-finals. World Cup finals.
Completely making use of the sport plan of nationwide coach Walid Regragui, the gamers of the nationwide staff had been impressively expert all through the match. And it was a tactical recital that they signed towards the Portuguese to win the valuable ticket to the semi-finals.
To make their option to the ultimate 4, the Atlas Lions continued to depend on their impermeable defensive block which stood up as an insurmountable wall towards the Portuguese.
Yahya Atiatallah and Jawad El Yamiq made us overlook the absences of defensive executives Noussair Mazraoui and Nayef Aguerd, injured, and Achraf Dari, who entered the sport to switch Ghanem Saïss, lived as much as expectations, as did Achraf Hakimi, who has as soon as once more established himself as a real chief of Moroccan coaching.
Confronted with a formidable staff which has many harmful offensive weapons like Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Felix, and even Bruno Fernandes, the Moroccan staff was as soon as once more spectacular in its solidity and maturity to foil the makes an attempt of the Portuguese who, nevertheless, weren’t didn’t make a distinction.
Sofyane Amrabat, was as typical, distinctive, to counter the Portuguese hazard, and make sure the stability of his staff due to his intelligence of play and his grinta, whereas Youssef En-Nesyri, the one Moroccan participant to attain throughout of two editions of the World Cup, confirmed effectivity and confirmed its nice worth within the Moroccan collective.
For his half, Yassine Bounou responded when crucial to save lots of his household with decisive saves.
Touched by grace, the Moroccan gamers had been as soon as once more heroic, shining collectively and sparking individually to realize a brand new feat unprecedented within the historical past of Moroccan and African soccer.
Maestro Walid Regragui, for his half, as soon as once more confirmed that he’s a virtuoso conductor, who led his artists to create a splendid masterpiece on this Qatari World Cup.
The work he has completed in a number of months by bringing collectively all of the gamers, making a united group and giving his staff a soul and a successful mentality, proves that he’s the primary architect of this unprecedented historic feat, which can stay eternally engraved within the annals of Moroccan sport.
2024-05-31 04:13:14