Munir El Kajoui, one of the goalkeepers for the Morocco team, Spain’s rival in the round of 16 of the
“Spain always goes out to win their matches, they are a great team that come out to be the protagonist. They have a lot of patience and for us we know that it will be very difficult, but we are going to try to fight with our weapons”responded, to a question from Efe during the official FIFA press conference, Munir, born 33 years ago, who started in the last game that faced both teams, four years ago, in the World Cup in Russia (2-2 ).
“We are going to try to compete with them and we are going to try to win”declared to Efe Munir on the eve of the round of 16 match that will face his team against Spain, which he considers “one of the great favourites” in the tournament.
“We know that we have to give 200 per cent. For us this game is a final. We have to try to compete and give the maximum level”said the goalkeeper from Melilla, who points to the bench -the starter will presumably be Sevilla’s Bono- `but who said he was “prepared, one hundred percent.”
“I always give one hundred percent of myself: and if they give me the opportunity, I’ll be ready”said Munir, who came on for Bono just before the Belgium match and put in a great performance, saving clear chances against Eden Hazard and Dries Mertens.
“For me it is a pride to be in my second World Cup representing my country. We want to continue making history”commented Munir, whose team equaled, by going to the round of 16, its best result in a World Cup: the one it had achieved in Mexico’86, in a tournament in which it passed as first in the group and fell in the round of 16 against Germany, ultimately finalist of the World Cup that would win the Argentina of Diego Armando Maradona.
“We want to achieve bigger things and the important thing is to win. For us this match is a final; our desire is to get past the round and continue making history”, pointed out the former goalkeeper, among others, from Melilla, Numancia and Málaga; that in the game in which he substituted, as soon as the anthem sounded, Bono, added his forty-fourth international cap with the ‘Leones del Atlas’, who valued the immense support they will have in the stands, where the Maghrebi fans will overcome with you grow to the Spanish
“We want to win, above all, to make all these people happy; the support they give us is tremendous”declared Munir during the official press conference that took place at the National Convention Center of Qatar.
“We want to return all the love they give us; we are very grateful and proud of them; and we want them to feel proud of us”said the goalkeeper of the Moroccan National Team on Monday before the match that will face Luis Enrique’s Spain at the Education City stadium in Al Rayya.
