Morocco coach Walid Regragui said his side are 'the Rocky Balboa of this World Cup' after the Atlas Lions became the first African team ever to reach the semi-finals with a stunning victory over Portugal on Saturday. FIFAWorldCup Qatar2022
Morocco coach Walid Regragui said his side are"the Rocky Balboa of this World Cup" after the Atlas Lions became the first African team ever to reach the semi-finals with a stunning victory over Portugal on Saturday.
"When you watch Rocky, you want to support Rocky Balboa because of his hard work and commitment and I think we're the Rocky Balboa of this World Cup," Regragui told reporters. "We can dream, why shouldn't we dream about winning the World Cup?" added Regragui, who only took over as coach in August. "We came up against a really great Portugal team. We're drawing on all we have, we still have guys injured. We have a mindset," Regragui told France's TF1.Regragui, a France-born former Morocco international, had already made history of his own as the first African coach to take a team into the World Cup quarter-finals.
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