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Rabat – Adel Amrouche, the Algerian coach of the Tanzanian football squad, has reiterated his country’s hostility towards Morocco and its football development.
Amrouche made serious accusations, targeting Morocco’s Football Federation (FRMF) and claiming that African football is “manipulated by FRMF.”
“Currently, the FRMF is a confirmed power in the African football world, in the last match against Morocco, they forced us to play in the evening when we wanted to play in the early afternoon,” Amrouche claimed in a televised statement to an Algerian TV channel.
He claimed that Morocco “manages and determines everything in African football,” including the referees.
The claims came a few days following statements that were in complete contrast to the accusations he had recently leveled against Morocco.
On Saturday, Armouche spoke to Morocco’s television channel Arridadya, emphasizing brotherhood and friendly ties between Moroccans and Algerians.
“I wish only the best for Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia,” he claimed in a previous interview.
The accusations against Morocco’s football and federation angered Moroccan fans, who have been calling for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to act against the defamatory claims made against FRMF and Moroccan football.
“The CAF must urgently take sanctions regarding the irresponsible statements made by the coach of Tanzania, Adel Amrouch, yesterday,” one commenter on X, formerly Twitter said.
Another X user said: “The accusations from Adel Amrouche, the coach of Tanzania against our FRMF, I find unacceptable and shameful. Morocco wins on the field and nowhere else. It’s time to stop making false and baseless excuses!!.”
Tanzania is Morocco’s first rival in the Africa Cup of Nations as part of Group F. The Atlas Lions will play against Tanzania on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
This is not the first derogatory and unproven claims made by Algeria and its media against Morocco mid-AFCON.
Last week, Algerian media have been spreading rumors of corruption targeting Morocco’s federation and CAF.
The controversy erupted after Algerian reports claimed that Morocco was allowed to play its friendly game against Sierra Leone at the Laurent Pokou Stadium, one of the venues designated solely for the upcoming tournament in Côte d’Ivoire.
Such allegations surfaced despite neither the FRMF nor the CAF announcing that the match would be played on the pitch of the stadium hosting the Group F matches.
The claims have been proven false, as the friendly game took place at a different stadium, dispelling the claims of impropriety within the Moroccan football setup.
