Football: Walid Regragui maintained at the head of the Moroccan selection

2024-02-05T15:10:13.208Z

Highlights: Coach Walid Regragui was kept at the head of the Moroccan team by his Football Federation this Monday, February 5. He should be in office for the CAN 2025 organized in Morocco. The technician took his team to the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, an unprecedented performance for an African nation. He was suspended by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for an altercation with Congolese defender Chancel Mbemba at the end of the group match between Morocco and the DRC.

Coach Walid Regragui was kept at the head of the Moroccan team by his Football Federation this Monday, February 5. He should be in office for the CAN 2025 organized in Morocco.

Football: Walid Regragui maintained at the head of the Moroccan selection

Coach Walid Regragui was kept at the head of the Moroccan team by his Football Federation this Monday, February 5. He should be in office for the CAN 2025 organized in Morocco.

Walid Regragui, the coach of the Moroccan national team, in San Pedro on January 29, 2024. © AFP / SIA KAMBOU

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The coach of the Moroccan football team, Walid Regragui, is retained in his post despite the elimination of the Atlas Lions from the African Cup of Nations, the Moroccan Football Federation announced on February 5. Walid Regragui, whose team was one of the favorites of this edition organized in Ivory Coast, after his brilliant run at the World Cup in Qatar, had once said that he would leave if he did not reach the last square.

“

I failed, it’s my failure, not that of the players

,” declared Walid Regragui after the defeat against South Africa (2-0) in the round of 16 on January 30. The technician took his team to the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, an unprecedented performance for an African nation.

During the competition, he was suspended by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for an altercation with Congolese defender Chancel Mbemba at the end of the group match between Morocco and the DRC, before this decision was overturned on appeal by the Moroccan federation.

The latter indicated in a press release that it had “

renewed its confidence

” in the coach during meetings which “

took stock

” of the Moroccan team’s journey. Despite the defeat of the Atlas Lions which "

caused

disappointment ", the Moroccan body says it wants to "

mobilize all means capable of ensuring
national team full success

” with a view to CAN 2025, which Morocco will organize, and the 2030 World Cup, of which the country will also be co-organizer.

Football: Walid Regragui maintained at the head of the Moroccan selection

Football: Walid Regragui maintained at the head of the Moroccan selection

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