From Corbeil-Essonnes to the World Cup in Qatar, in the footsteps of Walid Regragui, Morocco’s new coach

After the formalization of the departure of Vahid Halilhodzic on Thursday, the Moroccan Federation will entrust the post of coach to Walid Regragui (46 years old). From Montconseil, one of the three great cities (with (with the Nacelle and the Tarterêts) from Corbeil-Essonnes to the World Cup in Qatar with the Atlas Lions, his path has nevertheless been strewn with pitfalls. No one could have imagined that he would experience such a rise,” admits Éric Akoun, his attacking buddy at Corbeil (DH, 6th division) at the end of the 1990s. At the time, Rudi Garcia had him discovered in… team 3 of Corbeil.