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Al-Ragraki… was stripped of the World Cup as a player to make history as a coach

Moroccan Walid Regragui appeared internationally for the first time in 2001 and continued to defend the colors of the “Lions of the Atlas” for 8 years without celebrating his rise to the World Cup, but 21 years after his first international appearance , achieved the greatest result in the history of his country and the Arabs by reaching the quarter-finals of the 2022 edition.

The Moroccan national team reached a historic milestone by eliminating Spain, champions of the 2010 edition, from the final price, on penalties, and reaching the quarter-finals, to be the best result in the history of Morocco and the first Arab team to reach this role, and equal to the Ghanaian success in the 2010 edition.

Regragui began his career with the Morocco national team in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers with an away match against Egypt, and the Moroccan attempt ended in the absence of the world wedding hosted by South Korea and Japan, and after 4 years with the Moroccan national team His international career ended with a draw with Togo in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, which the Moroccan national team failed to achieve.

At the end of August, Walid (47) took charge, succeeding the experienced Waheed Khaliuzic, and began his tenure with the national team by bringing back stars who had been sacked by the previous manager, most notably Hakim Ziyech, the London star of Chelsea, and Naseer Mazraoui, German full-back of Bayern Munich.

Regragui managed to take Morocco to the second round for the first time in 36 years after topping his group, which included last season’s runners-up Croatia, third-placed Belgium and Canada before beating Spain in the one of the historic games.

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