ANTALYA, Turkiye: Jordan head coach Jamal Sellami has called on his players to emulate Morocco’s shock run to the World Cup semifinals four years ago as they prepare for their first appearance at the global soccer showpiece in North America.
Jordan will face Austria, Algeria and Argentina in Group J at the June 11 to July 19 World Cup and are holding their final training camp in Antalya this week.
Media access to training sessions has been tightly restricted as the team fine-tuned tactics.
Some players say they can barely sleep in anticipation of the tournament but Sellami wants them to draw confidence from Morocco’s achievement at the last World Cup, where they lost 2-0 to France in the last four.
“In big competitions, many teams can surprise. My country Morocco reached the semifinals in the last World Cup,” he said. “That gives us belief.”
