National team coach Tariq Sektioui, coach of the Moroccan Olympic football team, expressed his joy at sweeping the Egyptian team 6-0 on Thursday night in Nantes, France, in the classification match of the Paris 2024 Olympics, and winning the bronze medal for the first time in history.
Tariq Al-Saktiwi said in a televised statement after the victory over Egypt with a net score of six points, in the match to determine the winner of the bronze medal: “The first thing I have to say is thank God. God does not waste the reward of those who do good deeds. These guys worked with their hearts. Today we have completed a month together.
The coach of the Moroccan Olympic team added: “You cannot imagine the magnitude of the difficulties that were encountered and the efforts made by everyone, whether it was the administration or the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, led by Faouzi Lakjaa, the male players and all the components of the national team. They did an excellent job with a spirit full of patriotism.
Al-Saktiwi continued his statement: “There was a great responsibility on everyone’s part: to live up to our expectations, to advance football and keep it on its upward path. Things were not easy. Beating Argentina is not easy. “There was a setback in the confrontation with Ukraine, which showed us that success can also be found in failure.”
The same speaker added: “We have shown that we are a group that knows how to handle defeats and be a source of strength, and that is what we have demonstrated in two matches, whether in Iraq or in America. We missed the match against Spain with small details, and we also missed the services of Al-Khanous.
He concluded : “Some players who did not join the group reduced the group’s offer, but we worked with everything we had, as we did in today’s match in which we confirmed that we can recover after any setback. I dedicate this historic medal to His Majesty King Mohammed VI, and to our large family, and I also dedicate it to my small family. Especially for my mother.
