Morocco coach Walid Regragui expects a spectacle in the semifinals of the Africa Cup of Nations with the continent’s four best teams all capable of winning the title, and says better conditions mean fewer upsets in future.
Morocco plays Nigeria in the second semifinal on Wednesday after Senegal meets seven-time champion Egypt in a repeat of their 2021 final.
Regragui’s team reached the semifinals of the 2022 World Cup but disappointed at the last Africa Cup in Ivory Coast. It is under huge pressure to win the tournament as host and end a 50-year wait since Morocco won its only Africa Cup title in 1976.
Morocco, which will be a co-host for the 2030 World Cup, has embarked on a huge spending spree to modernize playing facilities, stadiums and infrastructure in the kingdom, deepening the sense of expectation among the Moroccan public, many of whom have deep reservations about the
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