Morocco performed like mythical superheroes. When IR Iran struck first, Hicham Dguig\u2019s men slinked into their red capes and began to decode their illustrious opponents at will. The Moroccans\u2019 engrossing, extrasensory team impelled them into a 4-1 half-time lead.<\/p>\n
Iran fought back valiantly, but it was insufficient to stop Morocco registering their most impressive all-time victory in the FIFA Futsal World Cup\u2122 and booking a quarter-final against Brazil.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have no words to express my feelings,\u201d Soufiane Borite told FIFA. \u201cThank God. It was a tough game. We managed to beat one of the biggest teams in the world in Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a lot of injuries. We lost another player today, we now have eight players injured. To score four goals in a half against a team like Iran really is something. They came back in the second half, but fortunately we were patient and defended well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough the fight of the players and the words of the coach, we managed to win the game. This is futsal. You never know who is going to win. Thank God we did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Charraoui added: \u201cWe were playing against one of the best teams in the world. You can lose against them because they are incredible. It was a very difficult match.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a lot of injuries, we had to try different tactics today. But we spoke a lot with the coach before the game and we said, \u2018If we lose, we go home. We can\u2019t let that happen’.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very happy with our first-half performance. We attacked more and we scored four goals. In the second half we were a little bit tired. Tayebi scored an amazing first goal, that\u2019s the way it goes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said before the game that we had to grow in this tournament. We know it was our best performance. We had belief in our coach, we had belief in our players. We\u2019re very happy to reach the next round.\u201d<\/p>\n
If Morocco had it tough in the last 16, they\u2019ll have it tougher in the quarter-finals. They will, after all, go from playing a nation fourth on the FIFA Futsal Men\u2019s World Ranking to one at its summit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe still have another game to fight in against Brazil,\u201d said Borite. \u201cBrazil are so good. They\u2019re scoring a lot of goals. Nobody said we could win against Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything is possible in futsal. It will be a really tough game, but with our coach, if we take our chances we can win.\u201d<\/p>\n
Charraoui was in agreement: \u201cBrazil are an amazing, amazing, amazing team, but we believe. We have all Moroccans praying for us. With their support we believe we can beat Brazil.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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