Whole world can be proud of Morocco, says Regragui

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AL KHOR, Qatar : Morocco leave Qatar disappointed but filled with pride at having written their names into the history books by becoming the first African team to reach the World Cup semi-finals, their coach Walid Regragui said.Morocco were beaten 2-0 by France on Wednesday and will go into a playoff for

AL KHOR, Qatar : Morocco leave Qatar disappointed but filled with pride at having written their names into the history books by becoming the first African team to reach the World Cup semi-finals, their coach Walid Regragui said.

"We realise that we made a great achievement already," Regragui told reporters."We know that the media, social media, and on TV, we saw the pictures, and we saw that everyone was proud of us in our country. "I think we've given a good image of Morocco and a good image of African football and that was also important for us, because we were representing our country and our continent."

"Today, if I have regrets, it's the start of the game," Regragui added."We started quite poorly and we conceded a goal very quickly and that made the difference.

 

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