African Futsal Kings: We have the quality for the next stage of the World Cup!
As one of the media patrons of the 25th edition of Futsal Week Winter Cup Poreč 2020, we had an opportunity to talk with the head coach of Moroccan futsal national team, Mr. Hicham Dguig.
Morocco is the African futsal champion and the best continental futsal nation. At recently played Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, they defeated Libya (3:0), Equatorial Guinea (8:1), Mauritius (3:0, awarded), Angola in semi-finals (4:0) and fiercest rivals Egypt in finals (5:0). Morocco ended the tournament with all five victories and impressive goal-difference of 23–1!
And at Futsal Week tournament (2nd to 6th March 2020), they defeated Istria Selection 11:1 (friendly match), Montenegro 4:1, Moldova 9:1 and the USA 6:1. Four matches, four victories, goal-difference: 30–4.
African champions dominantly clinched Futsal Week
Morocco qualified for the first World Cup in 2012. On both occasions (2012 and 2016) they played in the same group with Spain and Iran. In six matches at World Cup Morocco still hasn’t achieved a point. But, as the latest results are showing, the Moroccan team will have something to say at the next Futsal ‘Mundial’ which will be played in Lithuania from 12th September to 4th October 2020.
„After participating at the last World Cup in Colombia 2016, on which recorded all three defeats, I have analyzed what is the problem, why can’t we cope with the best teams such as Spain, Iran, and Azerbaijan. So, after the end of the tournament, we worked really hard. We played a lot of international tournaments, in Portugal, China, etc. I also did a lot of work with Moroccan coaches, that are prerequisites for raising the quality of futsal in the country as a whole.“, Dguig told us in the beginning.
