Despite Morocco's defeat in the World Cup third place match, it managed to beat Spain and Portugal to become the first African team to reach the quarterfinals in the history of soccer, an achievement that is already noteworthy enough. After the match, the captain of the team, Legracchi, confidently predicted that in 15 years, the African team will be on the podium of the World Cup.
Legracchi is confident in the team's potential, he believes: France and Croatia's strength is slightly better, but the gap is not too wide, the African team has every chance to win the World Cup trophy after 15 years. Croatia can beat us, mainly because they have more experience in the competition, the first half of the advantage. Nevertheless, our performance in the second half was no less impressive and we need to gain more experience.
Legracchi further elaborated that Morocco's next goal is to win the African Cup of Nations: before we can win the World Cup, we have to win the African Cup of Nations, and we will be the golden generation of African soccer. The next African Cup of Nations will be held in January 2024 in Côte d'Ivoire.
