Coach Walid Regragui has made Morocco the first ever North African or Arab country to reach last eight of FIFAWorldCup, and he says, 'I fought for it'
Morocco coach Walid Regragui is thrown into the air by Morocco players as they celebrate qualifying for the knockout stage.
But in seven matches since then, the Atlas Lions have been unbeaten, conceding only once — an own goal in their final group game against already-eliminated Canada. "If you can do it, you can, if not, not," the 47-year-old said of breaking new ground for an African or Arab coach. Morocco created the better chances in the game but could not take them, before Spain missed all three of their spot-kicks with goalkeeper Yassine Bounou the hero."Nobody had managed to steal the ball from them, so I accepted not having the ball, I'm not a magician. We worked for four days on this game plan."
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