Encouraging the candidacy of Spain, Portugal and Morocco

For the Spanish coach of Wydad de Casablanca, Juan Carlos Garrido, the joint candidacy of Spain, Portugal and Morocco to host the 2030 Soccer World Cup announced this Tuesday by the Moroccan king is “a good idea” because it unites the “three great powers of soccer.”.

“It seems like a success to me because Spain, Portugal and Morocco are three neighbors, in all three countries there is great support for soccer, there are beautiful stadiums and everything needed for the World Cup,” he told EFE after hearing the news. made public. this Tuesday by Mohamed VI.

Garrido, who returned at the end of February to lead the Moroccan team – one of the great clubs in his league, Botola – recalled that “there are many more positive things” that link Morocco to Spain.

“Those of us here have to remember what is sometimes not said: that the relations between Spain and Morocco are very good, that there are many Spaniards here and many Moroccans in Spain,” said the coach, who trained that of Wydad for six years. months, between February and September 2020.

For Garrido, who answered the phone for EFE after beating Ittihad in Tangier 3-0, this candidacy is a “good idea” and it is also strong because Spain has not hosted a World Cup for a long time and has never of Portugal and Morocco. so.

“These are three great powers of soccer,” he added after recalling Morocco’s fourth-place finish at the World Cup in Qatar. “There are three soccer countries and they deserve to fix it.”

Regarding the North African country’s infrastructure, he explained that “it has very good stadiums” in Casablanca, Rabat, Marrakech, Tangier and Agadir, cities that also have good hotels and “training fields of a good level”.

Before Wydad, between 2019 and 2020, Garrido trained another of the top Moroccan teams, Raja de Casablanca, and after the pandemic he took charge of Egyptian Ismaily. He also coached Villarreal, Bruges and Betis.