FRMF President: Moroccan football’s achievements crown King’s vision

The achievements made by the Moroccan football teams are the crowning of the Vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, underlined Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) during an interview published by French magazine “Figaro.”

“This is all the result and crowning of a Royal sports Vision led for a decade and a half,” Lekjaa said, recalling that “it all started in the National Sport Conference in 2008.”

He added that His Majesty the King “established the foundations, developed a clear roadmap in which the recipe for success to be implemented was explained in detail.”

Lekjaa added that the other turning point is the inauguration of the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Salé. “One of the, if not the single best facility at international football level,” which produced, among others, Nayef Aguerd, Azzedine Ounahi and Youssef En-Nesyri, who were all part of the 2022 World Cup semi finalist squad in Qatar.

In the same vein, he underlined the mindset of Moroccan footballers.

“The common denominator between all the national teams is the mindset. Today, the mindset of all players is to fight for titles and be able to rival those who were considered the football greats throughout history,” he explained.

The FRMF head also expressed his ambition for a senior world championship title following the Atlas Cubs’ triumph in Chile.

“I think we’re going to see a Moroccan, African or Arab team win the senior title very soon. In any case, for us today, there is no reason not to fight for these trophies,” he said, as “football expertise is universal.”

“The Moroccan team is the national team for all Moroccans wherever they may be: those who play at the national level, those who trained at the national level and those who trained and play abroad,” he stressed, underscoring the role of the Mohammed VI Academy, which trains young talents who play in Morocco and abroad every year.