According to the famous Moroccan sports journalist Khalid Hassan, the head coach of Morocco’s national team, Walid Regragui, stated: “You won’t find anyone better than me to win the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025).”
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According to the famous Moroccan sports journalist Khalid Hassan, the head coach of Morocco’s national team, Walid Regragui, stated: “You won’t find anyone better than me to win the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025).”
For Khalid, this is unprecedented. “Never in the history of football has a coach dared to say that he is sure he will win a cup.” He wondered, “Where does this certainty come from? We know that in football there are many surprises. How is it possible that Regragui can guarantee that he will win the cup, whether people like it or not?”
The answer probably lies in the most recent match against Tanzania. The referee refused to award a crystal-clear penalty. Trailing Morocco 1–0 in the round of 16 of AFCON 2025, Tanzania appealed for a penalty right at the end of the match after Iddy Nado was violently pushed from behind by Adam Masina. But neither the referee nor the VAR reacted.
As Tanzania played one of its final balls before the final whistle, Iddy Nado collapsed in the penalty area after being violently pushed by Adam Masina. The Tanzanian bench demanded a penalty during stoppage time for a controversial contact involving the Moroccan defender Adam Masina, for which the referee ultimately did not consult the video review.
There was no reaction from Mr. Boubou, the Malian referee of the match, who was also not alerted by his VAR colleagues. It was probably considered that Nado had already begun to fall before the contact. As play resumed, Tanzania’s head coach, Miguel Ángel Gamondi, even went directly to the assistant referee, who returned to his bench with a bitter smile.
Did the referee deny Tanzania a legitimate penalty? That is the question everyone is asking, recalling that Morocco enjoys extensive experience in corrupting the CAF’s sporting authorities.
