Champs-Élysées, Binationals, Deschamps... Walid Regragui puts on a show before France-Morocco

The more we advance in the competition, the more the matches are difficult, we will play the world champion team, with quality players, the best coach in the world.

We will try to do what we know how to do, with a lot of ambition, to create surprise and why not qualify for the World Cup final.

We have a lot of injuries but we are recovering well, with a very high level medical staff.

There are positive things every day.

We will wait until the last minute to make the decisions.

Nobody is out, nobody is in.

We will put the best possible team and 100% players to start the match.

We want to change the mentality of our continent, we came here with a lot of ambition.

If we are happy to just reach the semi-finals, I am not of this opinion.

We are not there by chance, we are in the 4 best teams in the world, we will have our say.

We will respect our opponent, we have confidence, we had the most difficult course (group with Croatia and Belgium, Spain in 8th, Portugal in ¼), each time we are predicted elimination and we are still there, with our values.

We will fight to go even further.

If there's one player who knows him better than me, it's Achraf.

Unfortunately, it's not just him... Antoine Griezmann, Ousmane Dembélé... If we only focus on him, it will be a mistake.

Achraf is a top player, they are two champions, they will not give each other gifts.

We must also think about the problems we can pose to them.

Achraf he will be 200% he is over-motivated to beat his buddy.

The key for us is the team spirit.

Everyone works on the field, wants to give the best.

We played collectively each time (in the previous rounds) and that's everything in football.

We play with the heart and this state of mind.

I dare to hope that we are hungry… If you are not hungry in the CM semi-finals… It is not given to everyone to play.

The best team came out, Brazil.

We are an ambitious team, we are hungry.

Will that be enough?

It can, with the state of mind We are confident.

We want to rewrite history.

We want to put Africa on top of the world.

These will be important values.

We will have to be strong to get us out of the competition even if the forecasts are against us.

But we trust.

We may be crazy, but it's okay to be crazy.

We have confidence and we are not tired.

If it can bother them until tomorrow... Apparently, we can take comfort in hoping that we are tired.

You can't be tired at a World Cup semi-final.

I was born in France, I have dual nationality, it is an honor and a pleasure to face France.

It's just football.

I am the coach of my national team.

We are going to play the best team in the world.

What matters to me is not to face France, England or Brazil but to qualify.

It will be special especially for my relatives, my family, my friends, but as a coach it does not trouble me, it would have been the same if it had been England.

I'm here as a coach and I want to win.

It's always good to be able to test yourself against the best team in the world.

I tell the players not to pay attention to who they are playing… I said the same thing before facing Belgium, we have Belgian-Moroccan dual nationals too.

It will be a celebration for all Franco-Moroccan bi-nationals.

We're going to party on the Champs all together.

We live together, we are happy to be together.

It's mostly the players.

I'm trying to get a group together quickly and I've been thinking about how to approach the tournament.

We were on the short term.

We put a lot of little details in place to try to create a state of mind to surpass ourselves, like having the families with us.

Tactically we were at the simplest, fastest, a well organized team, which makes sacrifices.

The players joined, they are good kids who love their country and followed me.

We will play as we know how to do.

I will repeat it, as we are in the semi-finals it will perhaps have more echoes… This ball possession story is extraordinary as it makes you dream, with 70% possession with 2 shots on goal, so -saying you have to win.

The XGs (expected goals) also make me smile… When I hear people say: “We could have won because we had 4 XGs”… Seriously.

Opposite, there is a coach (Deschamps) who has understood all this for a long time and is also winning.

We come to make a move, but possession, I'm going to ask the president of Fifa (Infantino) if he can't give us one more point if we have possession (ironic).

When you have De Bruyne, Silva, possession is good.

I want to win.

For some journalists,

it annoys them to see African teams playing like Europeans.

It's over to see an African selection reveal a beautiful face and lose.

We want to win for Africa, the developing countries in football, there is not just one way to play.

I take the example of France, in 2018, they made me dream, they exploded everyone.

Against England (in the quarter-finals), the same.

XG, possession, data is beautiful but it's useless.

We had a 0.001% chance of winning the World Cup before the start of the competition, now we are at 2%.

Maybe tomorrow I'll look like a fool, but that's my opinion

developing countries in football, there is not just one way to play.

I take the example of France, in 2018, they made me dream, they exploded everyone.

Against England (in the quarter-finals), the same.

XG, possession, data is beautiful but it's useless.

We had a 0.001% chance of winning the World Cup before the start of the competition, now we are at 2%.

Maybe tomorrow I'll look like a fool, but that's my opinion

developing countries in football, there is not just one way to play.

I take the example of France, in 2018, they made me dream, they exploded everyone.

Against England (in the quarter-finals), the same.

XG, possession, data is beautiful but it's useless.

We had a 0.001% chance of winning the World Cup before the start of the competition, now we are at 2%.

Maybe tomorrow I'll look like a fool, but that's my opinion

Eduardo Dominguez and Juan too.

I like Spanish-style physical preparation, a lot based on the ball.

My priority was to have a mostly Moroccan staff but I wanted a specific touch with the Spaniards for physical preparation.

He coached in the Arab world and knew the mentality.

We have the best fans in the world, with those of Argentina.

I am happy and proud that the world discovers what the Moroccan supporters are.

Wednesday, we will have at least 20,000 people at the stadium to support us.

I know we will play at home tomorrow against the France team.

This is a very important element for us.

We are focused on the half.

The message is that I see that we want to be satisfied and that we will have succeeded no matter what.

I want to change that.

We want to go to the final and win the World Cup.

We are not here to have just put Africa in the semi-finals.

The staff and the team, we are ready to do anything to create a surprise.

We have an energy that will be extra to rebalance the debates.

It's like a cup match, when you have the desire, the enthusiasm, the audience, you are capable.

I am Moroccan, focused.

We are lucky that His Majesty puts a lot of resources into advancing football in Morocco.

Create the academy, stadiums, training ground.

It's good because we have always benefited from dual nationals in Morocco, but we quickly understood that we also had to create training at home, have vital forces that are part of the country, with local products if we can say ( smile).

Africa and Morocco have understood that they have to take themselves in hand.

It shows the world that we are working and moving forward in Morocco.

I grew up in Corbeil (91), in the popular districts, but I don't want to make a story out of it, the young man from the suburbs who left from below, etc. etc.

It's something I don't like.

I want to talk about competence, whether you come from this suburb or from Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

This is not a criterion for complaining.

If it helps, yes, where we're from, we're twice as hungry, but that's no excuse for making a fuss.

I passed my diplomas, I work on a daily basis and I try to set a good example.

If we can make a few kids dream, so much the better, that's the goal too.

Today, we are not here to laugh.

Tomorrow (Wednesday) we will run.

We want to go down in history.

I don't want that

we wait 40 years later to see Africa again in the semi-finals of the World Cup.

We must mark the territory, it will be played tomorrow.

We will try to do that.

When you play a World Cup, everyone sees you.

Many deserve better clubs, it's a great platform for them to show their quality.

But we are here to write history.

Everyone is focused on Morocco.