FRANCE 98 – Brazil-Morroco – N. Naybet: “We lost on tactics”

Brazil-Morroco – N. Naybet: “We lost on tactics”

17.06.98 00h54 CET

Noureddine NAYBET, captain (6):

“We lost on tactics. We were poor in defence. We were playing against the favourite, consequently, this defeat doesn’t put our skill into question. The problem when you play the Brazilians is that any one of their players can make the difference. I’ve been waiting a long time to return to La Beaujoire, I would have liked it to be more joyful.”

Youssef ROSSI (4):

“We were badly organised at start, and this poor start could only lead to us playing badly. When we returned after half-time, our primary aim was to equalise. Unhappily, the Brazilians scored again. However, we have to forget this meeting and concentrate on the third match, against SCOTLAND.”

El Moustafa HADJI (7):

“We didn’t play as well as we did against NORWAY. We will have to get our fighting spirit back when we play SCOTLAND. This evening, we didn’t really give our best: we didn’t deserve to win, but we still are very disappointed by the result. We committed far too many technical and tactical errors compared to BRAZIL. In the future, we’ll try to take this team as our example. BRAZIL, they’re the ultimate team.”

Salaheddine BASSIR (14):

“The goals scored at the beginning of the match hit us hard. Anyway, we were fighting against the World Champions. There wasn’t much we could do. We made far too many errors to have any hope of winning. It’s very disappointing, but still everything’s not lost. We’ve got one last match if we are to qualify, and we’ll give our best.”