Morocco head coach, Walid Regragui, says he will back France to beat Argentina in the final of the 2022 FIFA World Cup following his side's failure to reach the last two.
The Atlas Lions' dream of reaching the final was halted on Wednesday night as they suffered a 2-0 defeat to France with Theo Hernandez and Kolo Muani scoring the goals.
Despite the defeat, Morocco had already made his by becoming the first African country to reach the semifinal of the World Cup beating Belgium, Spain and Portugal en route to achieving that feat.
Regragui expressed his pride in his team's performance versus Les Bleus in a post-game interview.
He added that they will be rooting for Didier Deschamps' team to defeat Argentina in the final game.
“We are going to support them [France] now. The whole world is proud of this Moroccan team," the Morocco coach said, as quoted by Goal.
"We showed desire, played hard, and have given a good image of Morocco and of African football. We were representing our country and our continent. People already respected us but I think they respect us more now.”
He added: "Congratulations to France. I said before the match, they are a very good side and they were well-placed to win the game but in spite of all the injuries we had, the tiredness, we pulled out all the stops, gave them everything, caused them problems and that is already quite an achievement.
"You can’t win a World Cup with miracles, you need to win it through hard work and that is what we will do, we will keep working."
The final is scheduled for Sunday, December 18, at 15:00 GMT.
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