Walid Regragui’s dramatic exit to respond to Chancel Mbemba

It’s a story that was starting to gain a lot of momentum, especially on social networks. This Sunday, during the match between Morocco and DRC (1-1) Walid Regragui and Chancel Mbemba had a big fight. The Moroccan coach did not appreciate the OM defender’s attitude. And it quickly degenerated between the two men, and then between the two teams, as several scuffles broke out in the process, on the field and in the corridors leading to the locker room.

And if in a press conference, Walid Regragui then Sebastian Desabre explained that the conflict was nothing serious and that it was necessary to quickly move on to something else, Chancel Mbemba’s comments in the mixed zone caused a lot of discussion. The Congolese international remained largely elusive. “I respect the coach who is a great person. Cut television videos, but I have. I don’t need to throw them away. I keep my silence, it’s better, that’s how I am. Everyone knows me, I respect everyone, I don’t need to shoot anyone but God’s justice. When I play football I play normally, I’m not a great player. The word he said, the coach himself would say. It will speak for itself.”

he said. Comments that sparked major reactions on social networks and especially accusations of racism.

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Walid Regragui sets things straight

Faced with the ambiguity of these pronouncements, Walid Regragui sought to clarify the situation in everyday life. team. “I said to Desabre: ‘Bring him back to me, he’s lost his temper, he’s talking nonsense. I don’t like it because he emphasizes a lot of things. So if he has what we see on television Other images than that, let him take it out with pleasure. And he’ll see exactly what happened. And this is what happened… Before I went to shake his hand, he let me and my assistant finish the job. Taken aside. Match, he spoke ill of us. And Desbray knows it. And at last, however, I shake his hand to say: “But why do you talk to me like that?” And there, that elsewhere. looks, like “I’m not shaking your hand.” I grabbed his hand, you can see it in the images, and he started yelling in every direction”

Launched the first Moroccan coach before continuing.

“I told him: ‘You say it yourself!’ And he said to me: “You called me a fool!” It’s okay that he heard it, even though I never said it, but by saying it the way he did, implying that my comments are racist, that’s dishonest. As he speaks only of religion in his speech, he should be a little honest with himself., concluded Walid Regragu. This should quickly put an end to the many rumors surrounding the former Wydad Casablanca coach. Now onto the field for qualification for the Atlas Lions who will take on Zambia on the last day of Group F.