Morocco head coach Walid Regragui has urged his team to dominate their continent after finishing fourth at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
The Atlas Lions lost 2-1 to Croatia who clinched a play-off victory on Saturday.
Josko Gvardiol gave Croatia the lead on seven minutes but Achraf Dari levelled just two minutes later. Mislav Orsic restored Crotia's lead three minutes before half-time.
"I said to the players in the changing room, if you want to go down in history then you're going to have to win the Africa Cup of Nations," said Regragui.
"We need to dominate our continent."
He added, "Tomorrow morning we'll take stock and all realise we've pulled off a fantastic achievement here. We've earned a great deal of experience in a short space of time."
"We've gone further than expected but it's not enough. It needs to set an example for the future. I hope that everybody (in Africa) will learn from the experience."
The Arab country became the first African nation to qualify for the last four of the global showpiece, however they lost to the defending champions, France.