{"id":26118,"date":"2024-01-18T20:14:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T20:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/regragui-satisfied-after-morocco-navigate-tricky-opener"},"modified":"2024-01-18T20:52:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T20:52:18","slug":"regragui-satisfied-after-morocco-navigate-tricky-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/regragui-satisfied-after-morocco-navigate-tricky-opener","title":{"rendered":"Regragui satisfied after Morocco navigate tricky opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Morocco coach Walid Regragui expressed satisfaction after his side kicked off their TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a composed 3-0 win over Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First matches are always difficult, and the humidity made this one tough, but we respected Tanzania,&#8221; said Regragui after Wednesday&#8217;s Group F clash.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The team&#8217;s spirit was very good and we got an important win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Atlas Lions boss felt Morocco executed their game plan well against tricky opponents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wanted to score early and had chances, but the goal finally came from a set piece. 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We noticed many sides declined physically in the second half, so we prepared to stay fresh,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Moroccans now face DR Congo on January 21st in their second group game.<\/p>\n<p>After a composed start, Regragui will hope his talented side can maintain intensity.<\/p>\n<p>With stars like Achraf Hakimi and Sofyan Amrabat emerging unscathed, Morocco already appears well-placed to progress in Cote d&#8217;Ivoire<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\">Eritrea<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. Morocco coach Walid Regragui expressed satisfaction after his side kicked off their TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a composed 3-0 win over Tanzania. &#8220;First matches are always difficult, and the humidity made this one tough, but we respected Tanzania,&#8221; said Regragui after Wednesday&#8217;s Group F clash. &#8220;The team&#8217;s spirit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":26117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[242,243,233],"class_list":["post-26118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eritrea","tag-eritrea"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Regragui satisfied after Morocco navigate tricky opener - 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