At a time when the Atlas Lions are approaching a decisive moment, carried by an entire people, a strong federation, and a sporting project recognized worldwide, the former analyst has chosen the worst possible role, that of the gravedigger of collective morale. His repetitive statements, marked by pathological pessimism and gratuitous attacks against Walid Regragui, Fouzi Lekjaa, and the entire national project, no longer fall under sporting criticism, but under a systematic attempt to destabilize.
It is no longer about analyzing, but about sabotaging. It is no longer about warning, but about demoralizing:
By constantly hammering that “Morocco will not win”, by minimizing every performance, by magnifying the slightest imperfection, and by mocking popular enthusiasm, Khaled Yassine fuels a completely misplaced climate of doubt. Even worse, he indirectly targets Moroccan supporters, as if believing in one’s national team had become a crime or a form of naivety.
The timing is revealing:
When the team, the public, and the country are united behind a clear objective, to go all the way in this AFCON hosted at home and put an end to 50 years of waiting, some choose to beat the drums of failure before the kickoff has even been given. This is the old recipe of embittered minds: tarnish what works, discredit what succeeds, and rejoice at the slightest difficulty.
Morocco has never been so structured, so respected, and so feared on the African and international stage. The Atlas Lions work with professionalism, method, and ambition. The staff know what they are doing, the players know where they are going, and the public knows what it wants: to support, to believe, and to push its team all the way.
Constructive criticism is legitimate. Chronic defeatism, on the other hand, is toxic. Sowing doubt on the eve of a decisive match is not an act of freedom of expression, it is an attempt to break the momentum, to crack confidence, and to poison the atmosphere.
The Atlas Lions do not need prophets of doom. They need support, clarity, and collective faith. And let those who live off pessimism know one thing: the poison they spread will not reach the team, but it will always end up splashing back on those who spread it.
Translated from Abderrazzak Boussaid’s French article – le7tv