Futsal World Cup: Hicham Dguig and Soufiane El Mesrar determined to beat Panama

The national team will face Panama on Thursday, September 19, at 1:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. Tashkent time) at the Humo Arena in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.

National coach Hicham Dguig and EN futsal captain Soufiane El Mesrar spoke in the mixed zone before this match.

“Othmane El Idrissi is completely out after his ankle injury. Soufiane Borite is also still uncertain,” the national executive first announced regarding the Lions’ infirmary.

He then returned to the complicated victory against Tajikistan (4-2), Monday, in front of a crowd totally won over to the opponent (Tajikistan being a border country). But Dguig wants to move forward quickly: “The crowd played a lot, the room is always very important. We hope to show a different face against Panama and increase our power crescendo.”

Soufiane El Mesrar also returned to El Idrissi’s serious injury: “It was a powerful shock, but it is destiny. We had a hard time accepting his injury, but we must turn the page. We will achieve our goals with our resources.”

“Tomorrow will be a match against a team that lost its first match, so we will have to be careful,” says El Mesrar, Panama having fallen heavily against Portugal (10-1) at the start.