Mohamed Ouahbi has Morocco dreaming of World Cup glory. Photo: IANS
When Mohamed Ouahbi was a student, a professor told him he lacked the necessary skills to become a physical education teacher. In coaching Morocco to the Fifa World Cup quarter-finals with an attractive brand of football, Ouahbi has comprehensively proved him wrong.
The 49-year-old Belgium-born coach is yet to lose a match at the tournament, and Morocco have an enticing quarter-final date with two-time World Cup winners France in Foxborough, Massachusetts on Thursday.
"I remember (the professor) very well my first year of studying," Ouahbi told French football magazine Onze Mondial this month. "A professor told me that in his opinion I was not made for teaching, for giving lessons, or communicating."
Ouahbi has made him eat humble pie ever since.
