Morocco will not make a plan to stop Kylian Mbappe, says Walid Regragui

eliminated Spain and Portugal in previous rounds and now will face

in the

 semi-final on Wednesday. They are the first African team to reach a semi-final in World Cup history.

Ahead of the game, Walid Regragui said he believes focusing on Kylian Mbappe is a mistake and he has no tactical plan to stop him.

"[Achraf] knows Mbappe better than me, he trains with him on a daily basis, I'm sure he is better placed than I am to know Kylian,"

Regragui said at a press conference.

"I'm not going to set up a plan to counter Mbappe, unfortunately for us France have other great players. [Antoine] Griezmann is on his game, [Ousmane] Dembele on the other wing is a great complement to Mbappe.

"To focus on Mbappe would be a mistake. Hakimi is one of the best in the world in his position too so it will be a great duel between two champions, both going at it hell for leather.

"We shouldn't focus on Kylian but how we will cause problems for France. I'm sure Hakimi will be on top of his game."

Regragui believes Morocco is one of the best teams in the world right now and will fight to reach the final.

"We want to try and get rid of the mentality we perhaps had before,"

Regragui said.

"We came with great ambition and to change mindsets in our continent in particular.

"If we say we are happy to reach the semi-final, many people might see that as a success, but I don't agree.

"We're one of the best four teams in the world now and we'll give everything. We're confident, we've had perhaps the most difficult run beating some top sides. The closer we get to the final, the closer we get to our dreams.

"If you get to a World Cup semi-final and you're not hungry, there's a problem. We are determined to rewrite the history books, we want Africa to be at the top of the world.

"We know we're not the favourites but we're confident, you might call me crazy but I think a bit of craziness is good. We're not just going through the motions. We're not satisfied, we want to go further. Everyone is ready to pull off an upset."

Morocco has averaged just 31.3 percent possession at the World Cup in Qatar but they also have conceded the fewest shots in the tournament.

Regragui defended his team’s tactics and claimed that Journalists don’t like to see a team like Morocco play cleverly.

"This idea of possession – it's amazing how the journalists love these figures but what's the point if you have no shots? If we can keep the ball we will, but if they don't let us so be it. We're going to fight with the tools we have.

"Didier Deschamps is probably the best coach in the world and he knows how to set up a team to win as well.

"A lot of journalists have criticised our style, they don't like to see a team of our stature playing like a European team – cleverly. African teams before have been praised because they were fun, but they got knocked out.

"Well, those days are over. We want to win now, to win for Africa and for developing countries who are learning you can win."

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