Morocco controlled the game for long stretches. Unfortunately, during those stretches it was already trailing.
counters have been joys to watch in the open field—multiple runners streaking forward in concert, all picking the right lanes, the right spacing, the right timing. But they have left goals on the table through their execution in the proverbial red zone, rushing shot attempts or losing the ball underneath their feet in front of goal. Here, for the first time since the group stages, the team had the opportunity to apply sustained pressure and acquitted itself well, despite the scoreline.
Despite the loss, there has been no shortage of Moroccan heroes at this tournament, starting with its manager, Walid Regragui, who somehow took over in August. After playing much of his career in France—there’sfrom where the pair, then at opposite ends of their careers, were teammates at Grenoble—Regragui moved into management in Morocco in 2014, where he won two league titles with different teams and an African Champions League title last season with Wydad AC.
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