How Morocco reached the World Cup semi-finals 🇲🇦 | Tactical Analysis
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Morocco have defied all expectations by making it to the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. So as the first ever African nation to make it this far, I had to take an in-depth look at their unique tactical setup.
Have their performances merited their success in the competition? And more importantly, can they go even further?
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Sections:
0:00 intro
0:39 OneFootball
1:19 Morocco’s defensive system
5:36 A different way to attack
8:19 The future of football tactics?
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Correction - 7:50 is Attiyat Allah, not Mazraoui. Thanks to those who pointed it out :)
yes bro 😊🇲🇦❤️✌️
Cheddira est archi-Nul il n a pas sa place en équipe de 2 éme série ...je me demande qu est ce qu il fait en Equipe Nationale ????
@@lekneshlr4707 Moi aussi je suis d accord avec toi, c est un vaut rien , aucune qualite de jeu ou un plus pour la selection , au contraire c est un fardeaux pour l equipe, c est grave, plus de 6 occasions en or, n a pu conclure aucune meme les plus faciles, n importe quel joueur en ban de touche, aurait fait mieux que lui
You forgot a point, As this world cup is in a muslim country they have (for the first time) the morrocons have a majority in supporters
@@lekneshlr4707 can u please stop this bullying toward Cheddira
To be honest, Morocco has beaten more big teams than any other Semi finalists in this World Cup.. Belgium, Spain, Portugal... they scored one of the best goals on World Cup against Portugal, En-nesyri jumped almost 3m to scrape the ball with he’s head into the goal Man you gotta respect this Morocco team.. Morocco can do it too and can win the World Cup they deserve it
Inch Allah
That’s the power of performance enhancer substances bro
@@MK-pz5gf You're the power of a butthurt
@@MK-pz5gfwhatever makes u sleep at night lil bro
@@MK-pz5gf keep coping man
Proud of Morocco, SOuth Africa is behind you❤
Thank you brothers ♥️♥️🇲🇦🇿🇦
my man
Thanks brother. glory to Morocco, glory to Africa, and glory to the arab and Muslim world.
gick the damn polizario out of your country brother 😀
Thank you bro ..
It's time for Africa ...
Morocco's display in this workd cup was far beyond heroic and they are now part of the world's football legacy forever. Their defending was remarkable in every sense of the word, their physical display all over the pitch, pressing when needed, retracting when not, controlling pace, accelerating, slowing down as required, never backing up, never disparing, not even 2 down against france. They were fantastic! And their collective spirit, unbreakable. We have seen tremendous squads throughout history, but this moroccan squad was, is and will be special. For us the rest outside the elite, they are an inspiration and a case study. In mexico we always said in the past that our national team played with their heart, but now i see that was never the case, not like this moroccan heart.
A lot of love to you mexican brother. From a moroccan friend
Gracias hermano. Nice comment
I am from Morocco, I always ask why Mexico doesnt win a world cup since you always have good players plus good league.
Well said bro
@@moussamounir1909 Because the Mexican players forget they're all on the same team? :)
Don't forget about Yassine Bounou. He's the reason why they haven't conceded a goal in the WC (barring an own goal)
True
Bounou and a fair dose of luck. Portugal had 7-8 big chances of which normally they'd convert at least 3. Hit the bar as well.
But I guess any team needs some luck to progress to the latter stages. People tend to forget that Spain won penalty series on their way to both their 2010 and 2012 titles. Italy won on penalties in 2006. Portugal in 2016 needed extra time against Croatia and France and beat Poland on penalties
For the 2018 WC Croatia finished second in their qualifying group behind Iceland and had to play an extra qualifying match. During their WC prep they lost 2-0 to both Peru and Brazil. During the knock-out stages they progressed twice on penalties and needed ET to beat England.
@@daarom3472 7-8 big chances for Portugal I think you need to watch the game again to see how many chances the Morco team wasted too
True, but it's football.. Sometimes great players add there touches to the team..
@@daarom3472 You are stretching it mate. There were no 7-8 BIG chances. At most 2 or 3 and they were all shots fromt outside the box. Other chances were not that big. We are not even talking about the biggest chance of the game which came from Morocco with Aboukhlal vs the keeper second biggest chance was the Pepe header.
Consider this... There were 8 Groups of four team at the beginning... So far, 28 countries have been eliminated and we got four semi-finalists left... Five of those Groups (A, B, E, G and H) didn't QUALIFY A SINGLE TEAM TO THE SEMIFINALS... From those 5 Groups, were eliminated strong teams as Netherlands, England, Spain, Brazil, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, and Portugal, to name only a few. THEY ARE OUT, beaten by better team that particular day... Two groups produced one team to the semifinals (GROUP C, Argentina, and GROUP D, France). And only one Group, GROUP F, qualified TWO teams in semifinals, Morocco and Croatia... ON TOP of that, Morocco WON that strong group which also included Belgium, the second ranked team, according to FIFA experts... Morocco WON that strong group without losing a single match, and without letting any opposition players to score against them... The only goal against was an own goal, against Canada... Morocco is the only team son far that HAS NOT BEING BEATEN... Its campaign so far is five matches: four victories and a draw against one of the other semi-finalist, Croatia... All the other teams have been beaten in one ocassion, only Morocco remains unbeaten... The so called “experts” have been telling us that Croatians, Belgium, Canadians, Spaniards and Portuguese were going to defeat the Atlas Lions... And if Morocco is going to lose any of the two remaining matches, they are still the winners... They have the love, the support, the admiration of the world... In every corner of the world people have emerged fans who are supporting then... Because they play nice, clean and fair... And they are good Sports... Good luck, dear brothers!
Thank you for your words ☺️
❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
God bless you
Thank you much
Well said
Absolutely you are right brothers , this is one of the best team in WC 2022 & this is a golden squad of Morrocan . If they have a dream , it is only one dream to be a new world champion. Proud of you our Morroco players .
All love to morroco from Libya. Proud of you brothers.
Thanks 🙏 from Morocco here hope we win and beat France
Thank for zakaria abokhala
The one thing you can easily notice about Morocco is that the team addapts with any opponent's tactics and read them quickly to find solutions for their attacks
I hope they will do good against France unbeatable machine
@@alexredeemed Tunisia won against them
Your comment is correct In the beginning was the Moroccan national team They seem tactically mediocre, but when you review all the matches, you discover that they have the ability to change tactics in all matches, even in one. They can do that, and the Portugal-Morocco match is proof of that. The Moroccan coach is very smart It wasn't Morocco's arrival that shocked me, but the coach's style of play Morocco would have reached these ranks in 1998 and 2018, but arbitration prevented that
@@musicbyKECI against the 2nd team.
@@musicbyKECII'm not underestimating anyone, but the "big" teams play different before and after the KO stage, they could afford to lose so they did to help their players rest
It’s insane how well their “rebellious” approach is paying off along with the fact that the tactical simplicity gives them the chance to bring back the fun aspect and true essence of the game we’ve all loved ie. The freedom of expression of the players, showing off their raw talent. They’re exciting and I hope they can pull it off against France to reach the final
Damn couldn't have said it better myself
The best is they developed this skills and their unique style in Morocco from Nydad and Raja and still they sleep on us
@@Dammocless go to circus 🎪 if you need entertainment... This is world cup. And by the way they are a great team regardless your BS.
@@mjcuracao its Morocco...
@@Dammocless who Asks you to watch loser, go play baseball
Man you have no idea how incredible watching this video and reading the comments for a Moroccan football fan is! it’s the sort of things we’ve been used to read about the modern “football machines” you mentioned, something we watched, admired and hoped some day we could successfully replicate, but to actual manage to come up with counter ideas! we’re living a dream in Morocco and it’ll take some time for all this to sink in :)
English person here, really hope your country goes on to win the whole thing. We've had some underdog countries go far in the tournament but not actually win the world cup, and it's about time we had a country that could do it. Morocco has looked pretty confident against Spain and Portugal and definitely wasn't a fluke win, and I think they could win the whole thing!
@@TheReconJacob I agree too, I've heard some people say, especially after Brazil left, that the competition has become boring, they didn't notice they were conditioned to think that way and the cup should only be for France and Brazil... which makes me angry.
The feeling of pride I get every time I think of what this team is achieving is insane, it’s a genuine, physical feeling that hits me right in the chest. A moment in time I’ll remember and talk about until the day I die.
This is like living in a dream come true
Longli nqia 😂😂
Strats and tacts aside. This team seems to be the only one with players that have understood a key thing. That every match in the tournament could be their last. That this is it for them. This is the moment where they have to leave everything on the pitch so even if they lose, they know they tried their very best. That there's nothing more important in their professional football career that these matches that they're playing right now. There's no energy saving. There's no playing soft thinking in the future. If they feel tired, they'd head down and keep going. No excuses.
Is there any other team in the WC with players that have shown such sacrifice?
And some may argue that some things come down to "luck". But what's even that? A sort of cosmic force? A power people can channel after doing certain things? No. Luck's just an excuse. It doesn't exist. What exists is coincidence and cause and effect. One event leading to another, creating a sequence which if enough coincide it ends up in an scenario which just so happens to play out in one's favor, in spite of there being no inmediate logical explanation as to why it did play out that way.
But if some people will take credit away from this team for "getting lucky", then they we should do that with everyone of us and everything that we do in our lives. Cause if we are realistic, it doesn't matter how good we become at something, at the end of the day, what we're really doing is to merely reduce the margin of error to the minimum possible. Especially in a game like this, where no matter the pre match training and planification and all that, nothing is ever set in stone. But what is now set in stone, though... is that, "lucky" or not, this Morocco team made history.
The best thing I've read since a long time. Thank you
Logic speaks ! Luck with work a match not all the way 90 min each match at least
There is definitely an element of luck in football. When a single goal makes the difference between 3 points and zero and the consequence of a single loss means going home, the lucky bounce of a ball or a ball that was never going in from a shot ricocheting off a defender into the back of the net, to missing a pen because the grass became unstable all of which could lead to a goal and to a loss. No my friend. Luck is very much a part of this game.
@@LouisDuran did you make an effort to understand or read the comment above or are you just not very bright
The greatest words I have heard so far, there is no luck in football, everything has an explanation, and this matter appears clearly in the match between Morocco and Portugal. Morocco’s progress in the first half made me afraid of the second half, but I became sure that Morocco knows what it is doing well, unlike Portugal, which decided Playing the match in the white shirt because they think that Morocco is optimistic about the white shirt and wearing the red shirt will make them lose, but Morocco has a goal and focuses on it and does not leave room for luck. ❤❤morocco ❤❤
I love their attacking style! It's organic Football! pure Football! No positional shit but just free flowing improvisation football! As a Brazilian fan i saw my team switch to positional play, something Brazil should never do! and see how far they got! We need free flowing football back
Actually, that's exactly what the world always loved about Brazil: a free flowing and improvised style that left you wonder what the players would do each time they had the ball.
So true about Brazil, so many talents drowned out by formal instructions and tactics.
@@abdelhakkhalil7684 but the Coach Tite wanted them to be European
@@mebansharaisantasticokhong7312 I feel you buddy, I really do. Brazil and Argentina, albeit, still winning, they kind of lost their identities somehow. Well, now with Morocco displaying a different style and winning might inspire other teams to try out different styles too.
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Smartest and most efficient team in the tournament. Wining game while barely ever having the ball 70% of the time is really impressive.
Every once in a while, every dog has its day...
@@JuJu-cz4kr bruh ur pissed af 😭🤣
@@JuJu-cz4kr the salt from your tears shall feed generations 😂
@@alaa6532 Chill out, they don't touch the ball all game long, got 1 opportunity and manage to score a goal.
They did not create a new technology or something.
It's still the country of camels, tajine and haschish. I undestand they proud, they are not known for anything.
France will most likely take care of them.
Just chill out pls.
@@JuJu-cz4kr cry more. The first half Morocco vs portugal should be 3-0 for Morocco but haters like you only hate.
Morocco is a breath of a fresh air to the modern football. The genius masterplan of Walid Regragui, the brilliant technicality of the players, the togetherness of the squad and the staff alongside the support from the African, Arabs and neutral football fans alike are the recipe of the success to the Morocco team. They will beat France InshaAllah.
I dont get how people dont constantly talk about Amrabat. He sprints from left to right non stop. Without him their defensive scheme would break apart
His brother was also a really really good player, just kept flying under the radar and remained undetected. It "runs" in the family. Pun intended.
How few teams respected him. We did see some teams try to lure him out to midfield to some degree, but you've really got to adjust on the fly when you're playing in the WC. Teams in the future would need to 'load' his zone, and work to get him out of the game mentally as well
@@emre05xyeaaah he was a beast... Now he play in greece
@@bahadoureda2840 L'kourghli wjah zab, wjouha d' l'bakhssa, ma7ssad 7a9oud, Noureddine Amrabat is now 36, playing his 22nd season! He played in many good pro clubs and was relentless just like his brother! A true warrior! I can't understand how algerians ministry of defense employees find such hatred, commenting negatively evey single Moroccan player on every positive video! You've always been low and now, you're behaving like the lowest of the low! What a bunch of human crap! 🤮🤮🤮
Yeah, him not playing with France because of injuries, along with Mazraoui and Saïss (or was it Ziyech), cost them finals.
Morocco could have easily scored goals against both Spain and Portugal but Cheddira was like a hippo with polio kick. Never seen anyone kick so many times with little to no force. The fact that he won't be playing the next match could be a blessing in disguise for Morocco.
As Moroccans we were celebrating when he received the red card
🤣 they need someone other than Cheddira. Plenty of chance to end the game if only the striker after 70 minute mark could finish the counter.
@@ahmedtazi1628 Not sure what the coach saw in him to persist with him after the messed up open goal chances during the Spain match. He should never have played in the Portugal match!
@@enlivenrex9997 our second striker is Harit who plays for Marseille was injured before the WC and that's why we have to play Cheddar right now it's sad but the reality is that we don't have a choice..
@@elmehdinafia1237 bro stfu harit is not a striker and cheddira is a good player with great positioning
الف مبروك لكل المغاربة و نتمنى لكم التوفيق فيما هو قادم .. مصرى مر من هنا 🇲🇦🇪🇬
I watched their game against Belgium, and I couldn't help but notice how intelligent the philosophy behind their tactics are!!
Great midfielders, great wings, very good team overall
Tell that to haters who said Morocco was just lucky. You can t get lucky every game in world cup against big teams like portugal; spain; belgium and Croatia
@@marouane99991 people who say that started watching football last month bro don't expect too much
@@lilhope8292 haters only hate 😎
@@marouane99991 they say is lucky because they don't understand what happend in the field 😂
I still can’t believe what I’m seeing with Morocco 🇲🇦. Words cannot describe how beautiful their team plays . Spain’s style had its time but I have a feeling that this approach might be implemented by a lot of top teams in due time . The hard part might be getting the big ego players to buy in to it .
They are the Atlas lions indeed. Proud of Morocco and its players and people. GO MOROCCOOOO
Something hard to quantify about their style is their stamina. It is probably one of the hardest things to analyze because you don’t see what they are doing to other teams, but they are essentially non-stop and other teams aren’t ready for it.
Are not ready for it is the key term in all of this, well said my man and that is deep.
Yeah but they lost against France bc of the injurie players in defence all of it were injuries
And what surprised me the most is the calmness under press and how they get out with the ball with their unique tiki taka.
I can't believe people can look at what this team is doing and say they're just "parking the bus." It's like, bro, are we watching the same games?! If they just sat in the same place the entire time with zero dynamism they wouldn't be where they are
Hardly 10% of football fans know about tactical play. The rest have no football knowledge whatsoever.
The Moroccan national football team has truly impressed us all with their impressive performance in the World Cup. It's clear that their success in reaching the semi-finals is a result of their hard work and dedication to the sport. They have demonstrated skill, resilience, and a true passion for the game, and we are proud to see them representing our country on the world stage.
Their commitment to training and their determination to succeed has been evident in every match, and we have no doubt that they will continue to give it their all in the semi-finals and beyond. We are confident that they have what it takes to continue making us proud, and we will be cheering them on every step of the way.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Moroccan national team for their outstanding efforts, and we wish them the very best of luck in the upcoming matches. Go Morocco!
I think Morocco are so good because their coach is outstanding, clearly too good for the standard national team level. That gives them a big advantage against teams with coaches like Portugal's Fernando Santos which is just mediocre, and even Luis Enrique who is stubborn in his style of play. Kudos to him and the whole Morocco team, you are maybe defining a revolutionary style of play and you've made history.
lol no man, I am Moroccan but Fernando Santos is a top coach. One of the very best. But I can tell that he is very respected here.
YEAH let's blame it on Coaches now HAHAHA
@@PodzPage So what is your explanation then? Because certainly Morocco has not the same quality players as Portugal or Spain. Mentality, belief, that also has a lot to do with the coach.
@@diogorodrigues5527 we call it "niya" which spanish and portuguese players just didn't have. And yes Walid Regragui's tactic fits the team perfectly, and counters the meta. But it doesn't mean you lost because of your coaches... He got kicked off like a bunch of better coaches are just there for the taking
Morocco basically plays foosball. :-) What a great team, rooting for them.
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And all this the coach's salary is only 25,000 dollars a month😁👍🏻🇲🇦
I legit got tears in my ears watching this as a Moroccan, I feel immensely proud of this team and our coach. We've struggled for decades, wasting talented players because of mediocre coaching and petty squabbles, it feels amazing. No disappointment whatsoever despite having lost to France. I'll take it and hope to see some more amazing things in the future. I do hope we manage to find talented strikers eventually. Side note, I am no tactics expert, but I do feel like France were the one team that was able to break through simply because of individual talent from Griezmann and Mbappe, they deserve to be at the Final and hopefully we'll see you all in 4 years!
As an English Moroccan, I'm grateful for your brilliant analysis
u want france to win right?
@@arcader54tdbank55 no he is an english and moroccan. ofc he want morocco to win. and iam moroccan too!
People say Morocco just lucky, but now we just do, we are very stronge, Thanks from morocco
There is a logic in modern football where defending is limited to running along side your opponent and just wait for him to make judgment mistakes. Here Morocco plays an urban football style, they're not afraid to take the ball from the opponent in an aggressive manner, without conceding a free kick. They dare, they press, they judge on the fly. It's different and it's refreshing
Thank you for doing a tactical analysis of Morocco. And yes we will beat France.
Dima Maghrib!!
Inchalah
inchaallah my friend the team is working hard and the supporters are praying a lot thats how we got here ☝🏼🇲🇦
@@eliiii_47 facts❤
inchaalah a khoya inchaalah
there's actually a deeper level of analysis here to be had with morocco, there very compact system vertically and laterally actually puts their players in very frustrating positions for opponents. for example, the half space is occupied by the fullbacks, the wingers and amrabat shuffling, this shutting down of the half space is a problem for any positional play modern team, they want to use that space like Pep does and used to. very few wingers attack in the true wide space, most do in the half space, only opposition full backs really go to the widest areas, and when that happens the Moroccan team just shuffles across collectively, denying this space and forcing the opponents back and around, this is what Spain were doing constantly. their formation also denies space to strikers and attacking mids simply due to the congested nature of that area, during the world cup opponent strikers and attacking mids have been moving out of that area to get the ball, for example modric played basically left back agaisnt them and Ramos and Ronaldo ended up in wide positions. so basically Morocco's style negates strikers attacking mids and wingers from the match, or in other words, all the scoring threats of any modern team.
But wouldn't an accurate diagonal cross negate this approach from Morocco?
@@42647795 then you would just be in the same situation on the other side
Brilliant analysis mate.
@@42647795 areal play is our forte we have tall and agressive defenders
yes
Your comment is correct In the beginning was the Moroccan national team They seem tactically mediocre, but when you review all the matches, you discover that they have the ability to change tactics in all matches, even in one. They can do that, and the Portugal-Morocco match is proof of that. The Moroccan coach is very smart It wasn't Morocco's arrival that shocked me, but the coach's style of play Morocco would have reached these ranks in 1998 and 2018, but arbitration prevented that
A proud moroccan is passing by to say "Hi" to everyone. Thank you for the thorough analysis. You did a great job! I think the two teams deserving to play the final are Morocco and Croatia seeing the hard paths (the teams they confronted) they took to reach such step in the world cup. Good luck everyone!!! Hoping that Morocco will win this competition insha'Allah!
I fear that France has a more varied attack and they will probably break the Moroccan fortress. But if Morocco can achieve the seemingly impossible one more time, this will be the greatest World Cup of all time. Morocco - the world is behind you. Dima Maghrib!!!
France has exposed this team for what it is: nothing more than a defensive powerhouse. I'm glad raw talent and technique have won out. Mbappé, Griezmann, Dembélé, etc. are all much, much better than their equivalents in the Moroccan squad.
@@MA-ck4wu why glad, France have the best africans in their fkin team, nothing to be proud of. + Morocco had too many injured players so shit players had to play. More experience and no injuries and morocco could take france.
@@iliasnoaman99 Who cares if they're all Africans? They're better players, they sell the sport of football, meaning: they make the sport attractive to neutral spectators. Nobody outside of those supporting Morocco wants to see overly defensive play. Even in the game against France, in which they had more possession, were they boring af to watch. No skill, no fancy play, I did see a few nice passes, but that's it. And no Morocco could never have taken France. France allowed Morocco to play possession, they literally gave Morocco the ball, because they knew they had deadly players up front.
@@MA-ck4wu dunno what game you were watching because morocco was the better team for majority of the game and it was obvious the game was theirs to win. All it exposed was their lack of finishing quality and squad depth.
@@frozone1973 What did I just explain to you guys? Ball possession doesn't mean shit. Morocco looked like they were better, but they weren't. Just passing the ball around doesn't making you a better team. France DELIBERATELY gave them the ball, because France doesn't need the ball. Football is about scoring ,and the French are much deadlier and much better at finishing opportunities. Morocco has been overhyped, all they had was a genius coach and good discipline.
I don’t know tactics like you guys, though I love to listen to good analysis that breaks down the fundamentals.
I see the beauty in the game, the artistry and the flair.
I was recently watching a documentary about the 1982 Brazil team and what got my attention was how much they captured the public’s imagination despite not winning as they were expected too. No European pundit that I heard expected Morocco to go farther than the group stages and to see how Morocco has literally inspired and united millions around the world - lovers of football, Africans, Arabs, those in the diaspora and those who love the underdog factor - has been beautiful to see.
At the end, football is a marriage between art and technique and it’s beautiful to see Morocco display that union so well.
My heart is hoping for a Croatia-Morocco final. Let’s see what happens
Insha'allah
Unfortunately Croatia lost
When Morocco lost their two main Center Backs Aguerd and Saiss due Injury...they lost to France 😭😭😭😭I am heartbroken rn
Agreed. If Aguerd and Saïss were uninjured, that would change the game and might lead to an equalizer. Just my hunch. Feel free to criticize me.
All Morocco has to do now is work on their youth leagues and system and promote to their professional league and stay competitive in the AFCON…the future is right for Morocco 🇲🇦👍
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Excellent analysis, highlighting the key roles of Amrabat defensively; and Ziyech and Boufal offensively..
Morocco style of football looks defensively as they pretty much all defend on their own half, but -however contradictory it sounds- they do so in an offensive manner: by being compact and put pressure on the ball at the right time (Amrabat), once they get the ball, they can quickly move out and attack through their creative players (Ziyech and Boufal)
I believe a lot of credit has to go to their coach for having this vision and to the players implementing and executing it.
In doing so, Morocco exude a flair, team spirit and pure joy in the game that is quite rare these days, with teams either overdoing it on the possession (Spain), defensive (Netherlands), antics & theatrics (Argentina) or reliance on star players (France).
Therefore, for me they are now the favourites to win the World Cup, and predict a final against Croatia, who has a similar team spirit.
What do you think?
Fully agreed with you.
Very true! I would not be surprised if Croatia and Morocco go to the final stage . Would be great game. Much more different than last game that they played earlier in this tournament.
Great analysis bro. I would add how important their high pressing in the final minutes of the games against portugal was. To me there’s no better way to take a one up lead home than not letting the opponent get anywhere near the goal. Most teams tend to defend so deep in those minutes so they often get the equaliser or worse (argentina for example)
yup... similar against belgium
Well said. One thing that distubs me a lot. The netherlands would for instance never had goten a 2-2 results if Argentina played like marocco in a 2-0 lead. It´s such a stupidity to give the initiative to your oponent by falling in positions with your team and just giving them a chance to play like they want in the end of the match. It´s not a brilliance fron the netherlands, it´s stupidy from Argentine to make your oppenent seem better than they have been in the whole match. If you look at the counterattack for marocco against Portugal there even was a good chance of a 2-0 goal because they tried to scoore a second goal. Even if you don´t succeed you still put mental pressure at your opponent, which makes it harder to push, because you see the risks. I would also think that it mentaly makes it a little bit easier for your own defense not having the ball around your penaltyarea all the time. Everyone is afraid of being the one who makes a mistake when all the world has the eyes on your and just therefore a 2 goal lead is not as certain in playof games as it seems. The first goal makes you nervous so instead of wasting time you should go for the third with only small changes and keeping your team compact. Not doing like brazil did either. Brazil should have gone for the second goals, but attackad with 4-5 playing and left players in good positions to protect from a counterattack. If you want to score a second it just stupiduty to have all your team on offensive side of the pitch.
I love the way Morocco brings the ball out of the defence with so much conviction. And that believe they have in their defending is so calming. I'll enjoy Morocco knocking out France and winning Argentina in the final. It's Morocco's time 💪🏽
as a moroccan.. who knows very well how talented our team is .. and the work done by the moroccan federation in the last years .. specially for the national football team.. and also futsal.. i dont see it as ‘impossible’ .. we always had great players .. the problem was chemistry.. and staff.. but sincerely if we pass to the final it will be the first miracle.. cuz we will play with plenty of injuries.. key players like sais and aguerd.. mazraoui.. also amrabet hakimi ziyech amlah .. they are all playing while injured.. we had big opponents in every match of the tournament.. we played a final from the first day.. it just too much.. tiredness.. that why our chance are dropping in this semi final specially against france with the 2018 experienced players.. on paper they are the top favorites of this world cup.. with half our potential it is just unplayable .. but we got the spirit.. we got the fans .. that why football is the best , you can always do it! we got our chance to win the world cup and make more history!
this is what worries me the most. they're all tired and injured
We have something that no other team has… The niyya and parents blessings!
So keep believing brothers…
Great job Morocco... You have raised the bar again from what Cameroon did in 1990....A lion raises the bar from what another lion did.... Eto'o as a lion saw this coming and gave his prediction... This is the most competitive 5 teams Africa has ever sent to the world cup with each of the team winning at least a match and producing unbelievable results... Taking 3 lions to the world cup is the best thing CAF has ever done.... The world will be shocked at 2026 with what Africa will do... 3 may play the second round and 2 may compete the semis and another play the Final... Morocco match on... It is Africa who wins.. Much love from Cameroon
Mad respect to ur cameroon footballers. We got this football us africans. 💖💖💖
Greetings from morocco.
Much respect and love for Cameroon from Morocco for 1990 but people also forget the team of 1986 that trailblazed African football! Winning the group against very powerful Poland, England and Portuguese teams - 3 -1 Morocco Vs Portugal! Narrowly losing to west Germany in the final minutes due to naive defensive wall against mattheus free kick . W.Germany narrowly later losing the final to Argentina and Maradona!
Thorough analisys. Morocco sure has made a difference in this World Cup. Thank you for your video.
Morroco set up defensively by not nesserarly parking the bus but by remaining compact vertically and horizontally, they apply very good pressure with their energetic players and covershadow when closing players by curving their runs to block passing lanes for the opposition,
Amrabat has definitely been their best player sitting in between the defensive and miffield line covering the space creative players like to exploit. On the transition is where they can do damage with their progressive midfielders and technical wingers can supply good delivery into the box, and although they don't create alot, nor have a good possession (field tilt)
they take their chances and play to their strengths.
The coach said it clearly, he is not playing for possession and passing balls, he said he is gonna score and go defend. It's not like they couldn't possess the ball, it's just they score early and they have to defend for the rest of the match.
@@musicbyKECI Exactly but my point is they still put the ball in the back of the net despite not creating alot and having much of the ball and that's a risky game. It works ig.
Moroccos only weakness was that they have not enough players of the same level of the first selection, if one of their strongest players are unable to play its hard to replace them
As a football coach and a technical consultant , I would like to say that you had analysed the Moroccan team in a very beautiful tactical and technical way with a very professional eye, I have to say say well done and good luck to you ,
PS; I WOLD LIKE TO SEND YOU A VIDEO TO ANALYSE IT IF YOU COULD . A MILLION THANK .
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Good gob analysing Marocco play. I support this team, I enjoy the ability and speed of their players when in attack. I hope to see Marocco in the final against Argentina
You've just got yourself a new subscriber, this manager Walid is a genius, I hope he takes on a big team in europe
Wolves in premier would be 😎
Nah he needs to stay with Morocco we need him. He can build Morocco into smthin amazing
oh man we barely found a manager like him he should stay .he only trained them for 3 months before WC and made wonders. and said " I did nothing, the players are the only one who deserve the praises I only pointed what to do" humble and genius. never talk abt himself, he shows u. and every time he won he'll tell the press it's bcz of "dutifulness to parents and NIya"
Walid will stay where he is... at least until 2026.
@@sania3631 well that's up to him, if a big team wants him and offered him a huge offer he may take it
Thank u for your analysis, finally someone's talking about the technical play and competences that the moroccan team has. Those who said it's all about luck : shame on u all. Go morocco 🇲🇦
Very good analysis, a compact and solid defensive, and being fast and scary counterattacking. 🇲🇦🕊🕊🕊
Very well team spirit. Bless Moroco, wishing you success
Much love brother from Morocco! What a great video. You taught me things that I wasn't aware of and made me realize another great aspect of that great run
That was excellent explanation Morocco do very well because their are good also the coach is very smart
I've been waiting for a new video for a while now, after seeing some of the great matches in the world cup. Great to see this new upload!
WOOOW, As a Moroccan this is the best video i was watching about how the Moroccans playing; Bravo
Morocco has played some of the most unexpectedly great games in this tourney so far. But we should accept the fact that they were a bit more than lucky vs Portugal. But those Spain, Belgium, and Croatia games were lit. Hoping that they can do something against France.
All the best, Morocco 🇲🇦 🥰.
Our defence all get injured just hakimi who play
@@youness8288 Who all got injured?
@@sumanstephen109 yes just hakimi who play saiss and aguerd and mezraoui injured i don't know if they will play against french
@@youness8288 WHAT 😶
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74% ball possession
10 men for Morocco bc red card vs 11
8 minutes added extra time
Portugal having 999x more money and resources behind their team
"They got lucky."
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The main thing is they are the only team who are giving their 110% in the field and most importantly as a one single unit.Though am sad CR7 didnt win I hope Morroco goes all the way and win the WC
I thought croatia also gave great effort and played like a team better than the bigger countries, even though its just for 3rd place, it will be an interesting match to watch!
Thank you for this informative video highlighting Morocco's team tactics 🇲🇦🇲🇦
Great video and I think what makes them so active is the presence of their families with them, most of them moms and dads❤️
Good analysis, space management mixed with kind of player available and tecnicity makes us as Moroccan very proud and thanks you a lot for your recognition
very simple explanation and easy to understand, thanks
Everyone wants a bit of their glory. I think we should appreciate it for their own land. Applause for Morocco and Morocco only.
Been checking your page everyday for the past few days waiting for some great video like this
The level of explanation is really good. I think I understood everything eventhough I was never trained in tactics by a coach.
Excellent analysis, even though they are less experienced, each and every player playing so confidently. Just happy to watch how they play. 👏👏
This one went far beyond the field itself. This one was special, for a billion+ people, worldwide.
Really, really proud of Morocco!
They really did give it their all.
This World Cup belongs to Morocco🏆
This World Cup belongs to Africa❤️
This World Cup belongs to Palestine🇵🇸
And so many more! #VictoryEvenInDefeat❤️
_"Cape Malay" / "Cape Coloured"_
from Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦
First time I watch a video on your channel this is amazing content and very detailed breakdowns. Big up 👏🏼 let’s go 🇲🇦 🦁 love from Palestine 🇵🇸
Very good analysis. Also a great way to show the differences in the attacking and defensive capabilities they have. Proud of the Moroccan team 🇲🇦❤️💚
Keep it up man! Brilliant analysis as always.
Let's go Morocco 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
our boys are exhausted . Amrabat today said that he cant walk he feel pain everywhere in his legs but he will be there . Saiss and Agrad are both out Mezzraoui is not sure . its so complicated i hope everyone will start at least for 70 minutes . im Moroccan and i really want to beat France but for France you need fresh legs , the stat of mind is there but if the body is not with you its so hard . but im still believing in Miracles and man i cant sleep thinking of it .if we win im going to lose whatever left of my mind .
Wayli wach bsa7 maghadich il3ab Saiss w Aguerd
Ya...hope so
@@proxiona3876aguerd momkien il3ab
@@ansdk2118 no coach said aguerd is maybe fit to play
I completely agree. Regragui's big gamble/brilliant insight was trading possession of the ball for possession of spaces and it has paid off incredibly
I love your analysis and admire your support for our team, thank you sir
MOROCCAN LIONS 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦✌️
Thank you for this very interesting and fascinating analysis - the tactics are explained very well to someone who is new to the tactical side of the game . Very much appreciated 👍🙏❤️
Best piece about this type of football and this team on the internet. We'll done!
Thank you for the video ! Much love from Marrakech, Morocco !
Ounahi and Amrabat are like prime Gatusso and Pirlo
This team reminds me of the Leicester City team that won the Premier League. Ziyech plays the role of Mahrez but better. Saiss and his no nonsense defending playing the Wes Morgan role. Amrabat plays the Kante role but with more skill. En-Nesyri playing the Vardy role as a lone striker. Morocco’s team is more skilled.
And a charismatic goalkeeper with a famous name :). Let's hope a win in the books here too.
Thank you for support of Morocco we will God willing
Thank you. This is the only fair, and deep analysis in English that I have found in the internet. Great take on recognizing the counter to positional play. Most pundits act like Morocco parks the bus; hardly.
This Morocco team will shift football tactics the world over the way that Spain did against the Dutch 2010.
Great work. I subscribed.
Excellent analysis!!! Keep it up 👌
In 7:49 it's not mezraoui, he was absent in Portugal game, it's Yahia Attiyat Allah
Great analysis. Thanks for making this video
The "Anti-Spacing" strategy success could be attributed to several of their players came out of the La Liga academy.
I've also noticed that Moroccan's aerial defence is nearly perfect.
1. They force the opponent to cross from very deep in the pitch and near outside of the flank. Making the cross higher and closer to the keeper.
2. As the wing defender stretches the attacker deeper into the pitch, the midfielders collapse quickly into the box, heavily outnumber the attacker.
But, one big weakness of the strategy is the top of the box is highly exposed, as seen from Belgium and Spain games, where few of the long sniper shots had couple unlucky bounces. But against France, with top snipers such as Mbappe and Griezeman, this could, and I predict, will be the reason for their defeat.
Let's see my friend.
@abdelillahhannaoui506 yes, I hope Morocco goes all the way. For one thing they represent the entire Arab world that's been oppressed by the West for centuries. For every game Morocco won is much bigger than the sport.
The majority of the team is from the Dutch league with four players. There is only three players who play in La Liga or have played there.
@anfieldreds5027 four players = Majority of the team??? More players born in Belgium than the Netherlands anyways.
Six of them played in La Liga academies. It doesn't have to be in Spain, La Liga Academies are Jr. Sportings ran by La Liga system (coaches). For Example many La Liga academies are in Japan ran by former Spainish coaches/players.
This is the first English channel that has done justice and without any prejudice towards this Moroccan team. Focused merely on how good they are.
Most Media or UA-camrs focused on the fact that some players are good just because they were born in Europe. Some said they only had luck.
Thanks and keep up the honest work!
I love the 4-5 sec videos you blend in good work
Excellent analysis. Have not really got a chance to see their whole matches but the match against France should be sth else, esp the way England nullified Mbappe and France seem to have no other ideas and played their worst match in the tournament. Could they do it? You never know.
The problem with france is that they are like real madrid, even they are losing or having a bad game they can score and win and take the trophy 😂😂.
@@xmedian003x9 The way this world cup has gone, I am not so sure. Tbh if they were to go all out, they can easily take the trophy. No stopping them but of course but they dont look that strong esp with Benz and Kante out. Hope somebody else takes the trophy. I just despise the fact that their only real go to is lump the ball to Mbappe and lets see what happens 🤷♂️
France is mighty and morocco is powerful
What you described in terms of their attack is kind of what I feel we Brazilians expect Brazilian players to do. I don't mean defend and give up possession, but trust players to dribble and bravely + creatively bring the ball across the other side, through the lines, find the spaces, etc. Would it be fair to say this is the case? That Brazil's team has instead tried to attack more "positionally"?
Obviously Moroccan skill level is not quite the same as in Brazil, but if you look at how they dribble and the techniques from the local Moroccan clubs, they are very skillful and technical with the ball in their style of play
@@ExecutionerHopkins so just like Brazil! yay ;D
A French football youtuber that I follows said before the start of the competition that Morocco was like a mini-Brazil. So here you go, and not as mini as we thought
@@tesseract2144 I am from Brazil. Brazilians are too confident in their game plan. They still didn't learn from the lesson that the Germans gave them in Maracana. The Moroccan team are playing with no fear because from other teams didn't expect them to be this good.
@@PetersonSilva yeah, every kid here plays soccer, and in every neighborhood kids find a pace and make it there own field. It's funy that I'v just relized that. and find it very hard to name a kid who doesn't play football, almost non.
Great analysis. I would like to also add that in general they play in a clean fashion, they don't commit as many fouls as other teams, their focus is the ball, more than the player.
Thanks for the video
And i hope the best for them
The whole world roots for Morocco!
Morocco are really exciting, and although they don't have a lot of quality, they play so well as a team. Your analysis really shows how they got so far, but they also have Bonou who is performing like Yashin.
Morocco has a lot of quality you just don't see it as much because they don't have much ball possession by design.
Morocco have a lot of quality but they have a system to play their game just like France that won World Cup having 30 % ball possession so not having ball possession is not like lack of quality
Moroccans are sick with acrobatics and playing "Nice games" then losing, we're not a frigging circus.
I love what they're doing right now, getting a good defense, having the best goalie on this planet and siiiir siiiiir siiiiir (go go go lol) to score that goal and retreat! Dima Maghrib! ✨️😭🧿🔥🇲🇦🇲🇦
@@Huckleberry42 let them understimate us, it's good for us, we're going to France now, let's pray again, inchallah! Unlike others, we have nothing to lose. 🙏🔥🇲🇦
@@Huckleberry42 dont worry what Apu says, they dont even have a football team that has mostly never qualified for even a *tea cup* so how ill he know about quality. They only know about quantity, with a population of almost a billion and half and no star athletes in any popular sport.
Very great analysis as always💯
An excellent analysis 👏 thks !! 🇲🇦🇲🇦
Spain was the most boring team in this world cup. Morocco has been the most entertaining and refreshing.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Morocco win the World Cup 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦