The head coach of Morocco, Walid Regragui, has admitted that he is ready to leave his position if the national team does not win the title on Heimboden and reveals a Frank exchange with the President of Football Federation (FRMF) Fouzi Lekjaa.
Realui in conversation with Spanish Daily AS said: “My goal is now to win the Africa Cup of the nations and write history with my country. I’m hungry for it.”
The 49-year-old admitted that he had offered to step down if the results did not improve. “I’ll go. I promised the president I would go if things were not going well.”
Lekjaa, he said, asked him to stay and fight. “The president said to me: ‘You are a competitor, and Morocco wants to do so win. Morocco has not lifted the trophy for fifty years. Show people that you can do it. ‘He convinced me and we are on the right track. We have to work hard to write history in this tournament. “
The revelation triggered an online madness. A user mocked: “He should have walked with the wind. He is a tactically toothless coach – spoiled, financed and still fidgeting.”
Another user jumped to his defense: “Regragui is the most successful coach that Morocco ever had.”
One third was more careful: “If it were about me, I would let him go with dignity. If he doesn’t win Afcon, people will forget everything else.”
A fourth got full: “This is not just about players and coaches. It is the entire mentality. Enough with the gentle diplomacy and sugar -containing fanfare. Morocco has to take the title, full stop.”
Another accused Lekjaa of the pressure tactics: “Lekjaa basically told him:” I gave them the means, logistics and back – now they prove the public as they did at the World Cup. “
And then the hammer of the cynic came: “What do I win as a citizen when we win the World Cup or Afcon?
Walid Regragui has provided him with the strongest and most complete squad in the history of Morocco and is now under great pressure to lead the Atlas Lions to her second Afcon title on his way home.
