IBAF African-Nations-Cup 2006 Blog - PREVIEWS > Group A

Not as successful at Nations Cup level as their World Cup appearances would suggest.
Clubs: near top in Africa
Squad: Mixed. A lot of young, promising, but still a little inconsistent professionals at Europe.
Coach: Moroccan.
With the third coach in a few months Morocco have once more deconstructed what had seemed to be one of the most promising constellations of midterm success in Africa. Having failed to qualify for Germany, though unbeaten, was enough to put so much pressure on coach Zaki, who had build an impressing young team that finished runners up at last Nations Cup, to make him resign. His successor, the well known Philippe Troussier only filled the job for two months before disagreements on the size of his staff led to his departure.
It remains to be seen whether Morocco will continue to be the well formed, coherent unit of the recent years or be a fragmented composition, starting all over again.
Stars: Naybet, one of the biggest African players in history, very experienced defender. Chamakh, promising to become a future star striker (Bordeaux).
Conspicious: the fast French based attackers Ziani and Hadji, later the brother of the World Cup star of 1998.