Morocco part company with coach Walid Regragui as World Cup looms
Morocco parted company with coach Walid Regragui yesterday, three months before the World Cup, with the country's football federation naming Mohamed Ouahbi as his replacement...
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Morocco has parted ways with head coach Walid Regragui, just three months before the World Cup, appointing Mohamed Ouahbi as his successor.
- Walid Regragui led Morocco to the World Cup semi-finals in 2022 and the Africa Cup of Nations final this year.
- The Moroccan Football Federation cited a "strategic transition" and a desire to "take a different direction" for the change.
- Mohamed Ouahbi, 49, was promoted after overseeing Morocco's triumph at the U-20 World Cup in October.
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