A wave of discontent has swept through the Moroccan football fans towards Walid Regragui, the head coach of the Moroccan national football team, following the team’s early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.
Morocco bid farewell to the tournament in the semi-finals, losing to South Africa with a score of two-nil.
In the aftermath of the defeat, Regragui addressed the media, publicly stating that he takes full responsibility for the loss and the premature elimination of his team.
The fate of Walid Regragui is now shrouded in mystery amid growing demands from fans for his departure, especially as the Moroccan team has seen a significant decline in performance, no longer resembling the squad that dazzled the world at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
According to Moroccan media, Fawzi Lekjaa, the president of the Moroccan Football Federation, is expected to hold a meeting with Regragui in the coming hours to decide his fate.
This comes at a crucial time when the focus is on building a new, strong national team capable of winning the Africa Cup of Nations in 2025, a tournament that Morocco will host next year.
Reports reveal that Regragui’s contract with the Moroccan federation obliges him to reach the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.
He had also committed, in a pre-departure press conference, to tender his resignation if this goal was not achieved.
