Morocco have kept up a time-honoured pre-World Cup African tradition and looked to shoot themselves in the foot, just months before the kick-off of the tournament in Qatar, with the sacking of Vahid Halilhodzic.
Dismissing a coach on the eve of the World Cup finals seems pure folly, and previous panicked changes by African countries ahead of the 2002, 2006 and 2010 tournaments have verified this.
Halilhodzic’s departure was not unexpected, it had been brewing