As Morocco, Nigeria and Ghana who have qualified to the African Cup of Nations there has been a rise of expectation of the Moroccan national team.

Morocco could be the next country to lift the trophy into the African Cup of Nations as they have qualified to compete

As the African Cup of Nations which will be disputed in South Africa has kicked in for qualifications, Morocco who were seen as not to be qualifying as it appeared to most people made a comeback by gaining a victory. Indeed, they were down by 2-0 aggregate by Mozambique but defeated their opponent 4-0 in Marrakesh.

Eric Gerets was the previous manager of Morocco. The nation believed that by bringing the foreign manager it will bring success but that ended in Morocco not performing. What Eric Gerets thought was by putting the big stars such as Marouane Chamakh, Adel Tarrabt, Youssef Hadji and co it will bring about a difference to Morocco. What Eric Gerets lacked was the managerial tactics and that resulted with him being sacked.

Rachid Tassoui who is now the new manager of the National team of Morocco was formerly managing the team of MAS (Maghreb Association Sportive) of Fez. Rachid Taoussi has won the CAF Confederation Cup and CAF Super Cup with MAS and won the bid to manage the Atlas lions.

Rachid Taoussi has proven his talent with his debut by giving the Atlas Lions victory over Mozambique and re changing the tactics and formation of Morocco.

Morocco has the potential this time to take on the big teams such as Nigeria, Ghana and Algeria for the title and becoming champions of Africa, Rachid Taoussi has said that he will give it his all to take Morocco to Brazil for the World Cup 2014.