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Jorge Vilda has been appointed as the brand new supervisor of the Morocco girls’s group following the scandal involving Luis Rubiales who’s being investigated for a non-consensual kiss to striker Jenni Hermoso.
Vilda, who received the Girls’s World Cup with Spain in August, was sacked in September, 10 days after FIFA suspended former Spanish FA (RFEF) president Rubiales for giving a non-consensual kiss to Hermoso in the course of the medal ceremony in Sydney.
The 42-year-old, who thought of his dismissal “unfair”, was extensively criticised for repeatedly applauding Rubiales throughout an emergency RFEF meeting during which the latter railed towards “false feminism” and vowed to not resign.
Vilda is now additionally being investigated by Spain’s Excessive Court docket within the alleged case of sexual assault and coercion towards Rubiales following the controversial kiss.
Initially, solely Rubiales was underneath formal investigation, whereas different federation officers and gamers had been referred to as as witnesses.
Earlier supervisor Frenchman Reynald Pedros joined Morocco in November 2020 and led the group to their first World Cup this 12 months in Australia and New Zealand. They turned the primary Arab facet to qualify for the final 16, however after two pleasant losses towards Zambia, Pedros was dismissed.
“The guide closes and I’m very disillusioned to not proceed my mission with the Moroccan nationwide A group. However, so proud to have put this group on prime of the world,” Pedros posted on social media platform X.