Morocco eye upset ahead of France game

Manager Walid Regragui has said Morocco are "one of the 4 champion teams successful the satellite now", arsenic they purpose to make much past and scope a World Cup final.

"Why not scope the last of the World Cup? We volition amusement large tendency and effort to propulsion disconnected an upset," said Regragui.

"We've travel to this contention to alteration mindsets wrong our continent."

Morocco person already beaten Belgium, Spain and Portugal connected their mode to the past 4 successful Qatar.

"Before each lucifer radical thought we would get knocked out, but we're inactive here," added Regragui, who lone took complaint of the broadside successful August. "We're getting person to our dreams and we'll combat to get there.

"If we accidental the semi-final is enough, I don't agree. We aren't satisfied with the semi-final and being the archetypal African squad to bash that. We privation to spell further.

"You mightiness deliberation that's crazy, but a spot of craziness is good.

"We're hungry. I don't cognize if it volition beryllium enough, but we privation Africa to beryllium connected apical of the world. I cognize we're not favourites but we're confident."

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Morocco's erstwhile champion show astatine a World Cup came successful 1986, erstwhile they mislaid successful the past 16. The different 4 times they had qualified earlier this year, they had failed to advancement from the radical stage.

They were 22nd successful Fifa's satellite rankings astatine the commencement of this tournament, but person drawn 0-0 with 2018 runners-up Croatia and recorded 3 victories implicit sides ranked successful the apical 10.

A 2-0 triumph implicit a Belgium team ranked 2nd successful the satellite helped Morocco apical Group F, earlier they beat Spain connected penalties successful the past 16 and past won 1-0 against Portugal successful the quarter-finals.

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Regragui said his squad could origin different shock, adding: "We person beaten immoderate apical sides. Its's a knockout crippled and erstwhile you person desire, committedness and the enactment of the crowd, you tin triumph it.

"The further you get, the much hard the games are. We are playing the satellite champions with world-class players and a precise bully manager [Didier Deschamps] - perchance the champion successful the world."

West Ham United centre-back Nayef Aguerd and erstwhile Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Romain Saiss are large doubts for Wednesday's lucifer due to the fact that of injuries.

About 20,000 Morocco fans are expected to beryllium astatine the Al Bayt Stadium for the match.

QPR winger Ilias Chair said: "It's a large honour to play for these fans and marque them proud.

"They are the champion fans successful the world. We are retired determination to springiness our each and hopefully astatine the end, beryllium the best."

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