Morocco Shifts Focus to Peru Friendly After Historic Win Over Brazil

The morale is high among the Moroccan players, who delivered a historic performance against Brazil at the Grand Stade de Tangier in a friendly match. The Moroccan supporters were able to celebrate this victory and now hope that the national team will continue on this momentum.

Walid Regragui, coach of the Atlas Lions, appeared all smiles in the press conference after the victory against Brazil in a friendly match: "I feel like I’m in a dream. It’s Brazil, the country of football. But we must remain humble," the visibly moved technician launched.

Walid Regragui is already thinking about Morocco’s next match against Peru

"It’s a great victory and a great celebration. It’s a historic victory against the world’s number one team in the FIFA ranking. Our incredible supporters transcended us. Now, we’ll see if we’ll give playing time to the young players against Peru on Tuesday," he added.

The Atlas Lions will have to complete two training sessions on site before facing Peru on Tuesday at 7:30 pm. For this second friendly match, the national coach could be tempted to rotate his squad in order to both rest his key players and give playing time to the young players called up for the first time to the national team.

"We knew the intensity would be high. It was decided on details like at the World Cup. We showed our World Cup level in the first half. Hakimi’s exit, Ounahi’s injury and Amrabat’s recent illness were felt in the second half. But our players didn’t give up. We wanted to win at home after the World Cup," the coach analyzed.

With a starting lineup or a revamped one, the Atlas Lions will aim for victory against Peru to confirm their status as World Cup semi-finalists. For information, Peru, Morocco’s next opponent, lost 2-0 to Germany on Saturday. Morocco will face Peru on Tuesday in Madrid, in a friendly match.