While the Spanish-Moroccan attacking midfielder of Real Madrid Brahim Diaz remains reluctant to choose Morocco or Spain as his sporting nationality, reports indicate that he would be among the players selected by Walid Regragui for the Atlas Lions’ friendly matches.
Walid Regragui is multiplying initiatives to convince Brahim Diaz to join the Moroccan team. The Real Madrid midfielder is hesitating to make a choice between the Atlas Lions and the Roja.
Walid Regragui , coach of the Atlas Lions, who is working to strengthen the Moroccan team before the upcoming matches, has several players in his sights, including Alaa Bellaarouch, the Strasbourg goalkeeper, who is shining in Ligue 1.
The national coach, Walid Regragui, wants to have Ilias Akhomach in the Atlas Lions squad for the friendly matches against Angola and Mauritania, scheduled for March. The Villarreal midfielder is also courted by the Olympic team coach, Issam Charai, for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Contrary to rumors announcing his departure, Rachid Benmahmoud will continue to serve as assistant coach of the Moroccan national football team. A new member should join the staff.
The two upcoming friendly matches of the Moroccan national team represent a major challenge for the Atlas Lions coach, Walid Regragui . If his protégés do not perform well against Angola and Mauritania, it will be the end of his adventure.
The Moroccan national football team is actively preparing for two friendly matches, against Angola and Mauritania, scheduled for next March. These matches will serve as a springboard for the next deadlines, including the qualifications for the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in North America.
Rumors announce that Rachid Benmahmoud , assistant coach of the Atlas Lions, would have been swept away by the wind of reforms underway within the Moroccan national football team.
Houcine Ammouta said he declined the offer from the Royal Moroccan Football Federation to take over the Atlas Lions in place of Walid Regragui.
Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou made some confidences about the incident that occurred between Walid Regragui and Chancel Mbemba , at the end of the Morocco-DR Congo (1-1) match at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire.
National coach Walid Regragui apologized to the Moroccan people after the early elimination of the Moroccan team in the round of 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire, promising to work hard to "come back stronger" in the next matches.
On the web, Walid Regragui , coach of the Moroccan national team, faced criticism from Internet users after giving an interview in which he put forward arguments deemed "insufficient" to justify the early elimination of the Atlas Lions at the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN Côte d’Ivoire 2023).