Morocco coach Walid Regragui said that although Achraf Hakimi and Noussair Mazraoui, his two full-backs, have been carrying niggles since their opening 0-0 draw against Croatia, the World Cup is to "die on the pitch".
Morocco started the World Cup with a 0-0 draw against Croatia. Their next opponents in Qatar will be Belgium and coach Regragui hopes they will take all three points.
For the match, the coach has two concerns: Achraf and Mazaraoui. Regragui has doubts about whether or not to field them and has already made it clear that he will not decide until the day of the match.
"Mazraoui is not completely ruled out. Hopefully he will be available for the game. Just like Achraf, and our captain, Romain Saiss, has a few niggles, but this is the World Cup. You have to die on the pitch, even if you have to risk a little. They're both fine, we'll see if we'll risk them, but we'll see on Sunday. Right now, they are available," he told the press conference.
In addition, the Moroccan coach discussed the match against Belgium: "They struggled against Canada, but they won. It will be a very difficult match against very experienced players who have been playing the same style for four or five years. We will try to spring a surprise, but we know it will be different from what they did against Canada because they will raise their level of play," he said.