The Royal Moroccan Federation of Football (FRMF) issued a statement this Monday, denying the dismissal of coach Vahid Halilhodzic, amid rumors of a possible change.
“In response to the information relayed Monday, May 2, 2022, by some news sites about the ‘dismissal by the Royal Moroccan Federation of Football (FRMF) of the national coach Vahid Halilhodzic’ and in order to clarify public opinion, the FRMF states that no meeting has been held to date between the president of the FRMF and the national coach who is still on leave abroad,” ensures the statement.
Halilhodzic will be back at the Mohammed VI Football Complex this week as previously announced, continues the release.
The French-Bosnian coach has been making headlines for his “controversial” decisions leading the Atlas Lions, despite the national team’s March qualification to the upcoming World Cup 2022.
The coach is very criticized by fans, who blame him for not retaining international stars Hakim Ziyech and Noussair Mazraoui.
The sports news website “The Atlas Lions” said Monday that the president of the Moroccan Federation, Faouzi Lekjaa, had made the choice to separate from the coach, appointed to the position in 2019.
Portuguese Andre Villas-Boas was even mentioned as a potential successor by various outlets.
Halilhodzic became the first coach in history to qualify four different teams for a World Cup, with Ivory Coast in 2010, Algeria in 2014, Japan in 2018, and Morocco in 2022.
But only participated in one of the World Cup editions, with Algeria, as he’s been dismissed by the Ivory Coast and then Japan only a few months before the start of the competition.
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