“They might be a bit fresher than our guys. I’m not sure if Cristiano Ronaldo plays but I hope he doesn’t. He’s one of the greatest ever and I’d be delighted if he didn’t play against us.”
The 47-year-old Regragui is, however, confident the North Africans are ready to write another chapter against the Selecao.“We’ve already proven all the data analysts wrong about Belgium’s chance and Spain too. They all thought we’d lose to them,” he said, adding: “We have already achieved great things, but we feel it’s not enough. We want to go further.”
Morocco qualified for the knockout stage without losing a match in the group stage. They drew 0-0 against Croatia, stunned Belgium 2-0 before defeating Canada 2-1.
In the Round of 16, they came up against Spain and defeated them 3-0 on penalties after a 0-0 score in normal and extra time
