Spain Should Be The Ones Scared—Achraf Hakimi

With the world cup knock out stages being well underway, there is very little margin for error for teams, especially teams like Spain who have a profile to maintain, but for Achraf Hakimi, Morocco defender, it makes the African side more dangerous heading into a game with little pressure on them.

Spain should be wary of the Moroccans, the Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi, claimed as his team won Group F ahead of Croatia and Belgium.

As they prepare to face Spain on Tuesday in the round of 16 of the World Cup, Hakimi said that Morocco “deserves respect.”

The Paris Saint-Germain said in a statement prior to Morocco’s matchup with Spain:

“We were first in the group, and I think we already deserve a little respect. I think Spain knows it, and they’ve to be a little afraid of us.

“They have to be afraid of us, the truth. And why not give the surprise again?”

He continued:

“The coach has transmitted a winning mentality to us, and it doesn’t matter who comes, we’ve to play our game, we are in lines”.

The world cup group stage fixture did provide fans with lots of shockers which can’t be said so far for the round of 16 stage of the tournament, with favorites continually leading the charge to progress into the quarter finals.