Rabat, Aug. 5 -- Osian Roberts, the Welshman whom Morocco's Royal Football Federation (FRMF) has just appointed as the new technical director of the Atlas Lions, Morocco's national football team, is set to be a big part of the North African country's grand plan to emerge from the fiasco it suffered in the recently concluded Africa Cup of Nations.

From the Welshman's first interview since his appointment, he appears ready for the challenge, the monumental task of devising the plan that may deliver Morocco its first major trophy after over three decades of trophy drought, a mix of mediocre performance and half-hearted brilliance.

Speaking to Wales Online on August 3, Roberts spoke about legacy, the excitement of a new challenge, and the d...