Pride uprising

About the Moroccan national team – written by Badr Al-Din Al-Idrissi
We certainly did not pass between the matches of Cote d’Ivoire and Liberia from one extreme to the other. As it was a form of madness, it was certain after the friendly match in Abidjan that the Lions left the competition for the continental title, simply because they departed a little from the text, and did not fully embody the spirit of the World Cup, and did not conjure “the intention.” » Their coach, Walid Regragui, would also be arrogant to say that the national team during the Liberia match completely returned to its magic pot. What we saw on the day the unique stars were arrested in Agadir was an attempt to correct deep imbalances, and this has to do with the changes that Walid Regragui made to the team’s structure by creating four… Changes to the midfield and the attacking line, as well as to the speech he addressed to the players after the Côte d’Ivoire friendly, which took the tone of warning, intimidation, and even a threat, because it is certain that the African Cup of Nations will not be won in this manner, and with this personality. And those who cut and even categorize the rulings in friendlies, which are originally test tests, no matter how strong, large and hardened they are, in no way reach the official matches, do not know anything of the secrets of football, and do not know of the many precedents that testify to the contrary. It is true that Today’s friendly matches are no longer the same as 20 years ago, due to considerations and variables that I do not want to recount, as today they are very close to official fights, but entering the atmosphere of the official match in Côte d’Ivoire will put us in front of a national team that wears the championship dress and represents the spirit of the team nominated for the title and more than that. It brings you all the manifestations of the World Cup, a team that is never afraid to climb mountains, no matter how high they are. Just as the friendly match between Côte d’Ivoire, and what it produced, did not push me to the height of pessimism, to say that there is no hope for the national team to seize the African title, the Liberia match also cannot convince me that the national team has completed its preparation in all respects to accept the African claim to Côte d’Ivoire. Ivory Coast, competing for the title, defending the reputation, and matching the expectations and nominations, there is definitely maintenance work that must be done in the next three months in order for the work in the large workshops to be completed. It is true that next month we will be invited to face Eritrea and Tanzania in the first and second rounds of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, until then. The camp that will precede our entry into the atmosphere of the African Cup of Nations will be of great importance, to bring the players to the peak of focus on the event, just as happened when we prepared for the Qatar World Cup, so there is no room for doubts, no time to cry over milk that is still all in the pot, and no place for those who intrude. In pessimism.