End of suspense. The African Football Confederation (CAF) preceded the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), confirming on Monday the choice of Walid Regragui as the new coach of the Atlas Lions. The ex-WAC Casablanca coach reportedly signed a three-year contract.
While the eyes are riveted on the calendar of the FRMF which planned to unveil the name of the successor of Vahid Halilhodzic this Wednesday at the Mohammed VI complex in Salé, the African football body, preceded him.
In an article entitled “The local expertise on the benches of the 5 African countries qualified for the World Cup”, CAF confided that “the 5 qualified countries of the continent will take part in the FIFA World Cup for the first time with breeders from the continent.”
Regarding Morocco, the publication announces that Walid Regragui will lead the Moroccan team at the World Cup in Qatar. Thus, the kingdom walks “in the footsteps of Senegal, Cameroon, Tunisia and Ghana”, said CAF. And to add: “his recent appointment by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) as coach of the Atlas Lions is added to the list of 4 other African countries which will have local technicians on their benches.”
For the body, “it’s a new page being written for African football in the World Cup”. “You could say it’s time for the local technicians. The former Atlas Lions International with whom he totaled 45 selections, replaces Vahid Halilhodzic, dismissed earlier in August 2022, ”continues the same source.
