​The biggest surprise of this World Cup, Morocco, is ready to face the world champions in the semi-finals of the final tournament and has a bold goal for this match.

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As the first African team in history to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, Morocco have high hopes for their match against France, scheduled for Wednesday, December 14 at 9:00 p.m.

The coach of the Moroccan national team wants to play in the World Cup final

In a press conference before the match against France, Walid Regrahi, the coach of the Moroccan national football team, said that reaching the semi-finals was not his goal and that he wanted to play in the final.

“We have come to change the mentality of our continent. If we are happy to be in the semi-finals? I do not. I want to be in the final. I hope France doesn’t respect us because it will be difficult if they do.” – he declared.

The road to the World Cup semifinals was full of surprises for the Moroccan national team. The Africans have already knocked out Belgium in the group stage and knocked out Spain in the round of 16 and Portugal in the quarter-finals en route to the quarter-finals of this final tournament.

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