Atlas Lions of Morocco Walid Regragui has said he and his players will be banking on home support to overcome Nigeria’s Super Eagles in Wednesday’s AFCON 2025 semi-final.
Morocco will host the Super Eagles inside the 69,500 capacity Moulay Abdellah stadium in Rabat.
The stadium has hosted all of Morocco’s five matches at this year’s tournament, and have seen them win four of the fixtures.
The only time they failed to emerge victors in the venue was when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Mali in their second Group A match.
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Now, Regragui’s men will face the Super Eagles, who have won all their games and have scored 14 goals.
Speaking in his pre-match presser on Tuesday, Regragui stated that opponents always find it difficult to cope against thr Atlas Lions in front of their fans.
“Cameroon came with confidence and one of their player (Christian Kofane of Bayer Leverkusen) said the Moroccan fans are like the Dortmund fans he has faced, but it was a big mistake on his part (to compare both fans),” he said.
“When you play in Morocco you are facing only Moroccan fans not Dortmund or Madrid fans. This stadium is always different for opponents and you will always feel it when you are in the pitch.
“I hope tomorrow the Moroccan fans will do their best to show the opponent that it’s very different to win in Morocco.”
The last time Morocco faced the Super Eagles was in the group stage of the 2024 AFCON in Tunisia which the North Africans won 1-0.
The Moroccans went on to reach the final before losing 2-1 to Tunisia.
By James Agberebi in Rabat, Morocco
