TANGIER, Morocco (Reuters) - World Cup semi-finalists Morocco will not hold back in their friendly against Brazil on Saturday as they aim to deliver a statement win against the five-time world champions in their first home game after an outstanding Qatar 2022 campaign.
Manager Walid Regragui said his team can afford to be more daring than they were in the World Cup where a solid defence were key to helping them eliminate more fancied Spain and Portugal on their way to the last four.
"Any mistake in the World Cup could be costly. On Saturday it's a friendly game and perhaps we could be more daring and try different things that we could not do in a World Cup match." The match will be attended by 65,000 supporters who are still pumped with pride after a World Cup run that spurred tears of joy across Africa and the Arab world."It would be great for our national pride to win against Brazil for the first time and we will go out there with a big smile on our faces to meet our loyal fans that were so great during our World Cup run."
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