Tarik Sektioui now refuses any calculation. While Morocco is waiting to know its opponent for the last four - Algeria or the United Arab Emirates - the coach imposes a clear requirement: it is necessary to beat any team to win the title. This ambition, however, clashes with the imperative of physical recovery and the uncertainty surrounding the health status of Tarik Tissoudali.
Morocco suffered but will see the last four. Dominant but long ineffective against the Syrian goalkeeper, the national team lost Tarik Tissoudali to injury before Walid Azaro delivered the team ten minutes from the end.
Morocco is aiming for the semi-finals but Tarik Sektioui refuses any overconfidence. On the eve of the quarter-final against Syria, the coach demands total concentration to avoid the trap against an opponent considered solid and difficult to maneuver.
Morocco will face Syria on Thursday in the quarter-finals, but all eyes are already on the next round. A victory for the Atlas Lions coupled with an Algerian success would provoke an inevitable Maghreb shock , turning the end of the tournament into a highly tense regional duel.
Back at Fiorentina after his brilliant participation in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Moroccan international Sofyan Amrabat spends more time on the bench. The coach of the Italian club explains.
Moroccan international Noussair Mazraoui received the support of his fans who learned that he had contracted Covid-19 during his participation in the 2022 Qatar World Cup. In turn, he expressed his gratitude to them.
Minutes before the kick-off of the Morocco-Croatia match in Qatar, an agent confused the Amazigh flag of Moroccan supporters and the rainbow LGBT emblem.
The Lion Cubs of the Atlas were warmly welcomed on Saturday in Casablanca, after having worthily represented Morocco at the Arab Under-17 Cup in Algeria. The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) wanted to thank them for their excellent performance in this regional competition.
The Disciplinary Commission of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) has imposed a series of sanctions on the national teams of Morocco and Algeria, after the violence recorded at the end of the match counting for the final of the Arab U17 Cup.
The Moroccan U17 national football team qualified for the quarter-finals of the Arab Cup taking place in Algeria. Morocco beat the Comoros 1-0.