Hamann: Morocco brought human side to World Cup

Dietmar Hamann says Morocco "brought the human side" back to the World Cup after their remarkable journey in the tournament was ended by France on Wednesday night.

Walid Regragui's men have arguably been the team of the tournament, beating Spain and Portugal before pushing the French all the way in the last four.

They will now go into a play-off for third place with Croatia on Saturday, with RTÉ Soccer analyst Hamann full of praise for the way they've performed in Qatar.

"I think they, in a way, brought the human side back to this World Cup," he said.

"You talk about these superstars, top players, top earners, and if you think that one of the greatest players probably left the scene a week ago, Ronaldo, he couldn't even congratulate them at the end of the game [after Morocco had beaten Portugal].

"They won that game, they've done something historic, and he didn't even have the dignity to congratulate them for what they've achieved. Now you watch them, how they shake hands with the French, the dignity, the graciousness they show in defeat... brilliant."

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Meanwhile Regragui has said Morocco will leave Qatar disappointed but filled with pride at having written their names into the history books by becoming the first African team to reach the World Cup semi-finals.

"We realise that we made a great achievement already," Regragui told reporters. "We know that the media, social media, and on TV, we saw the pictures, and we saw that everyone was proud of us in our country.

"We're