CAF President ‘very proud’ of Morocco’s function in creating African Football

President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, stated, on Friday in Rabat, that he’s “very proud” of Morocco’s function in creating soccer in Africa.

“I would first like to thank King Mohammed VI, as well as the President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, Fouzi Lekjaa, and the Moroccan people. I am very proud of Morocco’s role in developing Football in Africa,” Motsepe advised the press following the 2024 Women’s CAN draw, to be held within the Kingdom on July 5-26, 2025.

Praising Morocco’s sports activities infrastructure, which can also be “available to Africa,” Motsepe confused that the Moroccan mannequin ought to be adopted all through the continent.

“I call on African countries to take as their model the partnership and cooperation between the various institutions in Morocco, in this case the government, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and other stakeholders,” the CAF President stated.

For his half, Lekjaa stated that, as soon as once more, the Kingdom of Morocco, due to HM the King’s strategic and proactive imaginative and prescient, will host the African gamers on this continental competitors.

“As per tradition, the players and the public will find in Morocco their second country to welcome their African brothers,” Lekjaa confused.

From a sporting standpoint, this version is a chance for the Moroccan nationwide staff to show the nice progress made in ladies’s soccer in Morocco, due to the High Royal Solicitude,” the Moroccan official stated.