To some, it's little more than a meaningless exhibition match. To others, it's a chance to become “immortal.”
“You are so disappointed, you’ve just lost a semifinal and then two days later you have to go back out there,” Morocco coach Walid Regragui said Friday.
Morocco's run to the semifinals in Qatar provided the most improbable story of the tournament. The team was also the first Arab nation to go so far in soccer's biggest event, generating an outpouring of pride among Arab countries. To finish second and third in back-to-back World Cups would further secure the legacy of a golden generation for Croatia.
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