It’s a little music that is starting to annoy Walid Regragui… Host country brilliantly qualified for the semi-finals of this 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco is regularly singled out for a supposed advantage in terms of refereeing. A feeling reinforced by
the scenario of the quarter-final against Cameroon (2-0).
While an initial controversy broke out after the change of referee, a decision created a new controversy, when Cameroonian international striker Bryan Mbeumo did not obtain a penalty for a disputed game action. An action on which the VAR was not requested. Will Morocco really benefit? Walid Regragui let out a rant.
According to the coach of the Atlas Lions, a confusion has been made about his team. And it would arise from a feeling of frustration on the part of his adversaries.
“People want to take Morocco… so we would have advantages. This is not the case, we win on the ground. Statistics always make us better than others. We create many more opportunities than the opponent. »
Regragui puts an end to the controversy: “Morocco’s only advantage is…”
Regragui assures him: no goal would have been withdrawn in Cameroon. “No goal was taken away from Cameroon or any other team. Afterwards, it’s easy, when you want to kill your dog, you say it has rabies. We are the team to beat. So we will try to find all the good reasons to say that Morocco has an advantage. Morocco’s only advantage is playing in front of 65,000 spectators. The rest, we talk on the ground.”
“Many want to believe or make people believe that we have advantages at the level of the refereeing body. I rather saw penalties that could have been awarded for us. I never talk about arbitration”concluded the Moroccan technician, very upset, while the Atlas Lions will play their place in the final this Tuesday, against Nigeria. The message has gotten through.
