What Is The Truth About The National Team Coach Training The Olympic Team Against The Moroccan Team In Today's Match?
A piece of news was circulated on social media stating, “Casas will take over the next match and the last chance for our Olympic team against the Moroccan team.”
The truth
The news is fake, as the Olympic team coach (Radhi Shnaishel) had previously stated to the Iraqi News Agency on Monday, July 29, 2024 that:
"Our match against Morocco is a match for history. We respect the capabilities and history of Moroccan football, which includes big stars, but we have the ability and potential to limit their danger. We will play in a completely different way because It is a decisive match that cannot be split in two."
That is, he is still training the Iraqi Olympic team in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and not as claimed in the fake news.
Our team conducted research to verify the claim that the coach of the Iraqi national team (Jesus Casas) will take over the training of the Olympic team in the upcoming match. It turned out that there is no such news, and no official or local media outlets announced such news.
It is worth noting that the coach of the Olympic team (Radhi Shnaishel) spoke during the press conference after the loss of the Iraqi Olympic team against Argentina about the decision to leave his position as technical director of the Olympic team after the end of the Olympic matches, regardless of the results.
The date of the Iraq match in the third round of Group Two matches against its Moroccan counterpart will be today, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at the Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice, France.
Who is Radhi Shnaishel?
Radhi Shnaishel Swadi is a former Iraqi football player, who retired internationally in 1999. He began his coaching career in 2006, coached many local clubs and led the Iraqi national team in the Asian Cup in 2015, while he began his career by coaching the Iraqi Olympic team on August 25, 2022.