How Morocco knocked Spain out of the World Cup
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Morocco neutralised Spain with perfect defensive football, stopping Luis Enrique's side from playing the way they wanted to and causing a huge World Cup shock.
JJ Bull analyses the tactics that Walid Regragui adopted to pull this off.
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You know what they say: "Offense wins games, defense wins championships"
It's not they, it's Sir Alex
Common saying in US sports, where Ferguson borrowed it from!
@@abiodunodeleye7984 US only good at handegg
That quote is addressed to league games, not tournament
@@1607Adi_Manzother sports as well you dummy.
As a Fiorentina fan, it's rather bittersweet seeing Amrabat play so well. Great for him to show how good he is, but it means someone is gonna buying him from us now 😔
Liverpool already had their eyes on him , read an article about it
I’m a FC Torino/Azzuri fan. Love me some Fiorentina, but hey at least someone will play top dollar for him. It would be nice if Fiorentina replaced him with a young Italian talent.
this might be a good think after all if you get paid a lot of money for this player you'll be able to invest this money on new young promises
i hope he goes to liverpool
Yes no doubt
The way Morocco defends is incredible. They are the surprise of this tournament. The way they dominated and beat Belgium nwas exceptional as well.
that was ez
Man belgium was not old. They were outsmarted thats all by Walid regragui... as a moroccan, belgium croatia and spain were tough and scary and all were my favorites ... but I have to go with the heart. All of those teams are tough.
@@a-roh942 Canada turned out to be maybe the worst team at the tournament and even they showed Belgium to be old and slow, running them ragged and creating too many chances to count. If they had any finishing they could've put up an embarrassing score line against them.
I'm sorry but you have to discount Belgium. They were horrific all the way through.
@@brianhum8765 qatar was worse lol
I refuse to believe anyone saying Marrocos played ugly football honestly cares about this sport. Their passing out their defensive end to build up counter attacks, often amidst strong presses by their opponents, has been one of the highlights of the tournament.
japans the one playing ugly football
Yes thank you. Exactly. I was starting to wonder if i am the only ho noticed that. Cause nobody talks about it. When its actually ver impressive. I loved how they get the ball out from defense in such a beautiful calme and confident manner
On the contrary, Morocco is playing amazing football. This is a lot old-school in many ways. And it's not that Morocco doesn't attack. They first disassemble the opponents formation/strategy and when they get the space they attack. It is almost like watching David and Goliath! You need to do whatever it takes and Morocco has got it!
@@phunsukh2810 great anlysis.👌
The way the pass out of these presses Is COLD AF 🥶. The sheer balls these guys have in the way they pass oh my days.
We need to give credit to the manager of Morocco Walid Regeragui, if he reaches the semi-finals or wins the world cup, he be the manager of the year IMO.
Yup. Fun fact: He also won African Champions League and the Moroccan league just this year before managing the national team.
Best manager of the decade if he wins the cup mate 🫡🇲🇦
Morocco is in the semi-final now!
manager of the century if he wins the world cup
With Bono in goal, it was a beautiful day for Morocco.
I’m here all week
And a bloody sunday for Spain
@@otto_jk Great minds
He must have been full of pride after saving those penalties
Spain still haven’t found what they’re looking for
Their forwards must be edge
Bono was amazing for those penalties
Man saving two and going for one is insanely good
Bono always saving us💗 without him we can't make it
He had a Beautiful Day
@@SamBekn he basically guessed all of them
@@SamBekn and my boy was like 😃 while doing it
Everyone talks about tactics, no one mentioned the mentality and the psychological strenght Morocco has got. Beautiful, Morocco!
Insya Allah morocco go to final support from Indonesia here in Japan , がんばれ🇲🇦🙌🔥
Thank you for the support! :)
With Ziyech, Hakimi and Boufal Morocco have speed on the flanks with great technical ability for counterattacking. They defended stoutly the whole 123 minutes with Amrabat and Saiss standouts in the middle and even when fatigued large spaces did not develop as they remained in a compact structure. They did start to give Spain more time on the ball higher up the pitch with reduced pressing the man on the ball in the 2nd half. Bono was excellent in the penalties, and Ziyech and Hakimi held their nerve in a high pressure situation whereas Spain's Sarabia, Soler and Busquets crumbled. Well done Morocco well deserved 🇲🇦 👏
Ziyech has no speed, but he has great technique and very good passes comparing to Kevin de Bruyne.
And it was so much fun to see them crumble tbh. Spaniards are so cocky lol
That 7-0 had EVERYONE doing rings about how they were the favorites and all that jazz. I find it hilarious that people still try to sell this Luis Enrique Spain side as one of the best teams in the world when in the two tournaments they've played they've only won in regular time against Slovakia and Costa Rica.
The constant passing tikitaka brand of football has honestly become obsolete. And it's not that Spain have a bad group of players but the same old tactics are just inadequate
finally someone said it. Tikki Takka is dead and buried and has been for a long time. Luis Enrique’s archaic tactics and his obsession for keeping barca dna in the squad has held the team back. glad he’s been found and as a spaniard i hope he resigns or gets sacked and a more progressive coach comes in and brings spain into a new era.
I’m also not convinced by pedri and gavi i think they’re technically very talented but not as effective as JJ and some others think they are. Tonight especially they were doomed making sideways ball after sideways ball
@@paulpogba1728 How do you explain Germany? They play “the new brand of football” and look at them
In my opinion I don’t think any style turns obsolete never, not even Italian Catenaccio defending. It’s just that sometimes you just lose and that’s it.
@@paulpogba1728 I am not trying to argue or anything but I wonder why people speak of Gavi and Pedri as if they are equally as talented. Pedri is light years ahead of Gavi talent wise and he really deserved his golden boy award, Gavi’s should have gone to Musiala or Bellingham.
@@paulpogba1728 even pep has evolved from it
Amazing, even after penalties, the only goal they conceded so far was an own goal 😂 Yallah Maghribi 🇲🇦🇧🇳
Atletico taking notes from Morocco 😂
Amrabat would suit Atletico play style tho💪🏼
Let's face it, that defending strategy isn't suitable for la Liga because it would be physically exhausting playing like this one/week. So it has to be adapted depending on the team you're playing against/tournament.
@@mathematicromancio when Morocco played Canada specially the first half it was a different strategy high block with 4-3-3 they scored 3 goals (one denied for offside) in 20 minutes then second half switched to bus mode
Morroco to the semi finals 🔝🇲🇦
Much love from Egypt 🇪🇬🇲🇦♥️✌️
The Moroccan coach Walid Regragui is the only and first African coach to have the UEFA Pro License with the African and Asian one too, the first African to reach this level in the world cup, after winning every title he can with different teams in Morocco and Asia. What's great about this Moroccan team is that their coach is clearly their soul and mastermind, he beat 3 of the best tacticians in Europe with the weapons he has in his selection, solved many conflicts inside the team that were fatal in competitions with the ex coach Vahid, this man is reaaaally impressive !!!
Morocco isn't some one dimensional pure defensive team as well. They do have athletic and skillful players to hurt teams. Combine those abilities with their superb tactical discipline ( their concentration over long periods of the game is superb), work ethic, mentality and willingness to get at Spain and as much as I support Spain, Morocco deserved to win.
the coach is holding the players from doing full attacks and possession he just wants to win with minimum risque by following his tactics
Pure luck
@@movement6514 yeah bro Morocco beat Spain and Portugal. And now they're up against France. It's just luck that they're in the semi finals.
@@movement6514 cope harder mate.
@@movement6514 I hope France made this comment 🙏🏻
Morocco played very well, not letting Spain get the ball up front, and always kicking or heading it back
Moroccan Coach: Boys have you seen the movie 300?
Moroccan Team: No, is it good?
Moroccan Coach: 🙂
Morocco's defense is incredibly sturdy they play defensively in some games and they only got 3 yellow cards until now.
Morocco really one of the pro teams in World Cup they are strategically compact and defensive, but still dangerous, so you can't really let them free to attack they are fast and furious . they play counter attack!!!
لسنا غاضبون يا صديقي........بل جائعون.........والبرتغال أو حتى فرنسا لن تشبعنا ................في إنتظار لقاء هولندا في النهاية...............كل الحظ لكم في المرات القادمه جيرننا
One of my friends is in Qatar and the photo he took of how Morocco was defensively compact was amazing.
except for that striker who fumbled two golden chances
@@syntheovaldy5173 yes that was the only midtake of the coach, Ennesyri was better
This was a chess game, normaly I don't like these kind of games, but morocco made interesting to see, spain just couldn't get through the defence. Beautiful!💪🏽🤓🇲🇦
because morocco wasn't just defending without any purpose morocco was playing perfect counter-attacks and has 2 1vs1 occasions
@@Magicallstore if it wasn't for that L striker who fumbled twice, the game wouldn't even get to ET
@@syntheovaldy5173 ikr i was sooo pissed as a Moroccan but i understand at the 9 we have very few options and he was good at positioning but he couldn't shoot he was too intimidated but if he matures and gets used to big occasions he will be solid .
Now you'll enjoy the game even more.
Excellent analysis ! From a Moroccan fan 👍
Morocco is not arab! Just arabized berbers
Look the Dna test of morocco
@@talatpasa9266 I really dont care about being arab or amazigh as long as I can speak in arabic the language of quran I m proud of it 😉 i m proud being an arabo-amazigh 🥰
Morocco really reminds me of Greece 2004. Defending hard, but with a purpose.
Morocco in transition break at pace and link up really well with their one and two touch passing. This was especially effective against Belgium. This Morocco team is not one dimensional in the slightest that’s what makes them tough to beat.
I was watching Morocco's positioning an I think they put the right amount of pressure on Spain to keep it close. They didn't go too far back an the only time I saw them go way back was during throw ins. Pfft
Damn, watching this video really let me know how much I don't know about football, despite being a football fan for more than half my life, most of these tactical and strategic breakdowns are really well made and highly informative and allow me to understand why Morocco looked impregnable. Great video.
Man you were spot on. Excellent excellent analysis 👏
The world is catching up on football
Saiss was a big factor, hope he can get over what looked like a hamstring tear for Portugal
Great work from Morocco. Strategically compact and defensive, but still dangerous, so you can't really let them free to attack. This is not likely to work against fast and creative teams like France or Brazil, but it's amazing still. I'm really looking forward to the match against Portugal.
Morocco have played each game in the world cup with some changes on the tactics to adapt to the adversary... Draw with Croatia, Belgium got defeated, Spain go defeat today... I believe they can adapt to France tactics or Brazil and probably win again.
@@Shakur1996 If Morocco wins against Portugal after their 6-1 demolition of Switzerland, they can challenge Brazil and France. The players and the coach deserve a lot of praise for topping their group and getting to the quarter-finals.
@@Lucaz99 The issue is that Morocco is so defensive that their attack don't really have as much bite. Best they can do is to drag it to penalties or get a lucky break.
@@afrobuddy4801 yeah that’s why Portugal is a big hurdle. The Portuguese attack has been one of the best of the tournament. Their defense is no joke either, so this will be a real test of Morocco’s defensive and offensive abilities. I favor Portugal to go through because even if they do go to penalties, Portugal has a bunch of great penalty takers. I think Morocco’s biggest chance is by scoring and sitting back like Greece did to Portugal in 2004.
@@Lucaz99 If Morocco score, Portugal might be in big trouble because Morocco will go fully defensive and won't even both creating space trying to counter.
I really can't see Morocco beating Portugal. Getting past the quarter finals has been a big hurdle for African teams. It is like we are cursed or something. Closest we got was 2010 with Ghana but we all know how that went.
Morocco gives Spain a pain.
The low block worked very well in Morocco's favor but credit to their defenders for keeping their discipline
Morocco's defence is incredibly sturdy, those who've watched them in AFCON will know that. However they will face an even bigger test in Portugal who have an explosive attack, unlike Spain''s mostly sterile one. Wishing both teams the best.
explosive attacks mean more space for morocco counter attack
@@Magicallstore not really im moroccan but dont get too cocky
we must stay humble. portugal has a sturdy defense too ruben dias pepe dallot and an insane midfield bernardo silva and bruno fernandes
@@Mromellette Portugal against Ghana will show you what I m talking about just Ghana wasn't good in defense
@@Magicallstore you are comparing a group stages game to a quarter final its gonna be tougher . In terms of ressources they have more ressource than us
we were very bad in AFACON, we had a terrible couch and very bad squad, now when regragui came he fixed the team
when u think u have an opportunity , u are surrounded by 3 players
Respect for the speed on the video upload, the match ended just around two hours ago
And fifa takes over 24hrs just to post highlights
@@pro-xinyang not forgetting the fact tht you’ll have to render the edits its common sense really
Morocco actually play tikki takka football normally. But this coach just went with surviver mode because he barely had time to prepare for the tournament and it funny enough works. I rather win ugly and write history then play entertaining football and go home in group fase like last edition.
Win ugly ? 🤦♂
For once that there is a non-traditional world cup winning country in the quarter finals you call it winning ugly. So having an impeccable defense is wrong ?
You are in for surprises (good or bad depending on your bias) my friend just watch the next match.
@@amine3306 yes it is don't hype it up more than it was we mostly just defended that's considered winning ugly.
nah it's regragi coaching style
@@Huckleberry42not really, it’s the coach style to play defensively. Playing aggressively and leaving space behind just doesn’t work that much, especially when playing against a talented team. the rigid defensive style and relying on free kicks/corners and counter attacks seem the way to go. Netherlands used the same tactic as well and won against the USA that didn’t do well defensively and left lots of spaces behind which the Netherlands team used it in their counter attacks. And they just let the USA keep the ball most of the time
This is world cup, showing off and playing tiki taka doesn’t matter if you can’t score. Spain kept the ball most of the time and did their tiki taka, yet with no avail
It’s the result that matters, not the show
One can show off after scoring many goals and have a big gap, since it won’t be threatened much if it receives a goal, but as long as they are not leading, they shouldn’t leave spaces behind, because if Spain scored just one goal then it’s game over, Morocco will be forced to move their defensive row forwards so that they get near the goal post of the opponent, and this will allow more opportunities for the Spanish team to make use of the spaces left behind
A solid and rigid tactic by Ragragui that is working well so far.
It looks like you don't know anything about football my friend 🤣
That was really insightful, thank you! As a Wolves fan, interesting to see Saiss do well, but when he was at Wolves, I was always worried he would give away a penalty all the time... but at the same time, I always thought he was a good player... miss him.
seems like the theme/lessons from past few weeks are:
1. 2 banks of four, keep space between defense and midfield to minimum, off the ball
2. keep wingers close to touchline, keep wide and exploit space behind fullbacks, on the ball
3. defend in mid-block. be brave and positive in pressing/counter press, not to stand off and defend in low block (aka park the bus)
4. favors ball carrying/forward running midfielders to break defense line (such as Bellingham, Enzo Fernandez, Paqueta, Griezmann, at some point Sofyan Amrabat).
Is it an error to let Pedri drop so deep, effectively take him out of the game? and Gavi neutralized
seems like 4-4-2 is back in fashion now as off the ball formation.
would love to see more of this for the up coming games. Subscribed.
Welcome to Tifo.
I think Arsenal should sign this Amrabat guy this guy is the real deal man
He is the real mvp of all the morocco matches in this tournament 👏 🙌
next video "how morocco have beaten portugal" technically they have just defeated 2 harder teams but the momentum of that portugal win against switzerland can be tricky
Portugal wasted all their ammo on Switzerland 😂
@@pankoabdo258 But so did Morocco put a lot of effort against Spain.
Portugal will be a difficult one. I hope Morocco wins, but if Portugal wins, good for them.
ahah i was right XD
@@LauftFafa haha yh
Will be interesting to see what they gonna do against Portugal. Holding them for a draw is one thing, but Portugal aren't going to mess up penalties.
I mean considering previous world cups they do
ronaldo not even play 90 minutes
portugal lost lol
Showering Morocco with compliments is how JJ copes with the extreme sadness of his one true love getting knocked out of the World Cup
amrabat man of the match
he will be in every clubs radar this season
this man is so clear its so he makes it so easy to understand
thanks for the kind words tifo family huge fan from morocco
much love
Respect for Morocco ❤️🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
bro as a Moroccan this is the best analysis i saw for the game so far
What I like about Morocco, they know their limitations. Spain is much better in possessing the ball, so Morocco adapts and and makes playing without the ball aan art.
But there have more than enough skills to make a goal too when they have a chance.
Thank you for the very insightful video
Bono really saved the match.
Brilliant analysis. Keep it up Tifo
Excellent explanation of parking the bus
Morocco proved that playing tiki-taka does not work in the World Cup
I'M SO PROUD THAT I'M MOROCCAN 🇲🇦❤
The kid ounahi though!!
Boufal too
Damn, that is a quick upload thx jj bull.
Credit to both teams, both adapted to each other quite well and took it to all the way to a shootout. Good luck to Morocco
Appreciate you as always
Simple, the tactic is called “ Parked the Bus” 👏🏻 what an innovative and beautiful way to played football 👏🏻
Really liked the breakdown
nicely explained
we had this young coach last year at wydad of casablanca. we were scared in a lot of games but in the end, we won the African champions league and the national championship with him. I like his frankness and his spontaneity in front of the media, he is especially loved by his players.
I hope we will win against our nice Portuguese neighbor
Nice Is Ticnics Calchio Italiano . Tankh You For Video
Amrabat is making it to a big club next season for sure
Congratulations to Morocco 💪🏼
Nice breakdown
Great video
And they said they purposely lost to japan to play Morocco 💀💀
Nah, this is bullshit excuse!!! Spain tactics in this game already wrong to begin with actually
Really great summary! I wouldn't say that the way Morocco played won out. The way both teams played, got them a stalemate. If Spain had the good fortune of scoring more penalties, we'd all be saying they just edged it with their quality and had more possession and better chances during the 120 minutes in any case.
i think if Spain won on penalties, we would say Spain struggled to win and and was close to getting knocked out.
2 shots on target from Morocco 1 one from Spain. I would rethink your statement. Morocco was more effective and dangerous than Spain even with low possession
They tackled their own players to not concede a goal. That's some no nonsense defending.
Mourinho did the same thing during Inter Milan vs Barcelona. Let Barca have the ball, let them tika-taka themselves, but Inter stays compact(park the bus).
I dont like the main Tifo channel but this was a perfect analysis great job!
Love it❤❤❤❤
YESSSS MOROCCO I WILL ENJOY MY WINS THANKS TO YOU
really good!
JJ, sorry about Pedri. Sending you a hug in this difficult time.
maybe the best football analysis anywhere. perhaps. quite good.
What you need is a good dribbler to get in those spaces and find in behind runner.
Sir siir siiir ... Go goo gooo ⭐🇲🇦⭐
JJ da 🐐
Reminds me of the match when Carlo Ancelotti gave Diego Simeone a taste of his own medicine in 2014 UCL quarters second leg. Madrid kept switching the ball the flanks for 90 minutes and kept attempting shots from mid-line. A boring game for casuals, but that did start opening gaps in the Atletico defence and Chicharito scored the only goal of the match. Wish Lucho had bit of that gene instead of following his ideas without proper execution.
"Spain wants to avoid Brazil" from Germany fans.
Or it's corruption! Jajajaja.
Yes, they wanted also to avoid Argentina. They might have chance to qualify against Croatia and even Brazil, if they played well against Japan and did not use tricks to end up second in the group and disqualify another big team.
Well they successfully avoided Brazil
The successfully avoid quarter finals altogether 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@athlonrulez It all worked out in the end. lol
Fresh haircut January JJ
Thanks for the clear analysis. We are very proud of this achievement. Many criticize Morocco for making matches dull and closed. But we were playing interesting matches and going out in the first round. That is why coach Walid stated: "We no longer want to participate and enjoy. I want to win, not play. We have ambitions to go far and why not win the cup."
Thanks and love to everyone who encouraged Morocco
@JJBULL how do we know the distance both teams ran ???
morocco is a good country and they have a good players ziyash hakimi boufal
JJ TOP
تبارك الله ما شاء الله الحمد الله
Absolutely a genius strat
Amazing analysis, I keep growing by your abalysis😂
Bro, football aside, that thumbnail looks amazing.
Are you able to find the running stats for Morocco?
Morocco 🇲🇦 🇲🇦 🇲🇦
At least now, unlike they Euro's, no one is claiming Spain were the -best team in the tournament.- They won a game again. One. Drew two, lost one plus the one in PK's.
Spain managers are master at not producing a functional 11.
we need out France England preview!
We've been playing amazing football for years those who watched the 2018 world cup knoow but it didnt lead us anywhere we always play beautiful football but we end up losing. It was about time for us to be smart and tactical and adapt to the team we're playing against. For those who think Morocco is boring I bet youve only watched the spain game. We're not here to display or entertain we're here to win.
noticed in this game and with a few of the others they've started blowing the whistle seconds before added time is done ??? It's supposed to be a minimum, is this an over correction for adding 25 minutes earlier in the tournament
The art of defence