Marumo Gallants coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has reserved special praise for South African coach Rulani Mokwena who spearheads Wydad Casablanca.
Having taken charge of Wydad at the beginning of the current season following his departure from Mamelodi Sundowns, coach Mokwena has now been at the helm for 31 matches.
Under his guidance, Wydad have recorded 13 wins, 12 draws, and six losses.
They currently sit fourth in the league standings with 43 points after 25 games played.
Fellow Moroccan coach, Ouaddou, believes that Wydad and their fanbase should afford Mokwena more time to improve the team's fortunes.
Ouaddou described the 38-year-old tactician as a ‘modern coach' and stated that Mokwena should be the future of Wydad.
GALLANTS COACH ON WHY WYDAD SHOULD KEEP MOKWENA
“I don’t have any advice to give to my brother Coach Rulani because he knows very well, the ecosystems,” Ouaddou told iDiski Times.
“But what I can suggest to him is to be patient because Morocco is a land of football, very passionate people. And of course, like in every country, in Mediterranean countries, people are very impatient.
“Plus, you can add this new ecosystem of digital world where the coaches are all the time under pressure because of the social networks, and this doesn’t help the coaches to have more serenity and to work.
“Everybody has to know that a club is like a company now in our days and a project needs time.
“There is short projects, there is medium projects and there is long-term projects. And I think Coach Rulani is in Morocco for the long term. We should give him time, and I’m sure that if we give him time, he will win trophies and he will bring back Casablanca again in the lights of the African cups, the Champions League in Africa.
“We need just to be patient like in every club, actually, but I understand that in the world of football, a lot of Chairmen have pressure from the fans, and it pushes them sometimes to fire the coach.
“Definitely, Rulani is the future. He’s the modern coach, and we need to support him because in the future he will be one of the best coaches in the world, not only in Africa.”
