January 26, (THEWILL) – The Royal Moroccan Soccer Federation has succeeded in interesting the two-match ban imposed on nationwide staff supervisor, Walid Regragui, on the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations event.
Regragui was initially handed a four-game suspension, with two matches suspended and fined for allegedly bringing the competitors into disrepute following an on-pitch altercation with Democratic Republic of Congo captain, Chancel Mbemba, after their Group F encounter on Sunday.
The incident sparked chaotic scenes with gamers and employees from each side, clashing on the finish of the 1-1 draw. Regragui had gone to shake Mbemba’s hand however held on whereas remonstrating with the defender, who tried to tug away, leading to tensions boiling over. The attraction means Regragui shall be again on the touchline to handle Morocco of their spherical of 16 match towards South Africa on Tuesday, after being pressured to look at from the stands throughout their closing group match towards Zambia.
Regragui claimed Mbemba had insulted each himself and his assistant coach earlier than the sport ended. The Moroccan FA strongly denied the preliminary ban, which got here simply months after Regragui impressed his aspect to the World Cup semi-finals in Qatar. His presence on the bench shall be a significant increase to Morocco’s hopes of AFCON glory in Ivory Coast.
The overturned suspension additionally avoids a possible showdown with organisers after Regragui defied the ban by speaking together with his backroom employees from the VIP space in the course of the Zambia match. Morocco shall be hoping the supervisor’s reinstatement can encourage one other fairytale run in a significant event.
Jude Obafemi is a flexible senior Correspondent at THEWILL Newspapers, excelling in sourcing, researching, and delivering sports activities information tales for each print and digital publications.