Ashraf Sobhi, Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports, had promised a reward to the national team in the event of victory against Morocco. The Pharaohs rose to the challenge by beating the Atlas Lions (2-1). They thus join the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2021).
Disappointment and disillusionment in the ranks of the Atlas Lions after their defeat (2-1) against the Pharaohs of Egypt. The captain of the Moroccan national team, Romain Saïss, is having a hard time digesting this elimination, which according to him, could have been avoided.
Atlas Lions coach Vahid Halilhodzic spoke about the match between his team and Egypt, saying that this match will be "a tactical battle between two selections that know each other well".
From the quarter-finals onwards, the matches will be held at 4pm, according to a statement from the Confederation of African Football. To allow the Moroccan players to get used to this change in schedule, Vahid Halilhodzic has changed the training session times.
Former Moroccan striker Youssef Hadji has spoken out about Morocco’s upcoming match against Egypt in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. He believes that matches between the North African teams are tight and sometimes explosive.
The Moroccan national football team will face the Egyptian team next Sunday in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. The Carthage Eagles painfully snatched the victory against the Elephants of Côte d’Ivoire.
The Moroccan-Algerian crisis is one of the topics that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi will discuss with his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who is currently in Cairo for a two-day working and fraternal visit. This is at least what Major General Samir Farag affirms.
After Turkey, Morocco, determined to ensure compliance with the Free Trade Agreements with its partners, has just established negative lists with Tunisia and Egypt, temporarily excluding certain products from the tariff dismantling applied with these countries and subjecting others to a single tax of 17.5%.
When questioned about the attempts by Morocco and Egypt to postpone the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2022) in Cameroon, former Cameroonian international Roger Milla lashed out at the North African federations.
The police officers who made racist insults against an Egyptian during an arrest in April 2020 were convicted on Thursday for racist insults and violence.
The airline EgyptAir will operate a special Casablanca-Cairo flight on January 19, 2022, the Egyptian Embassy in Rabat has just announced.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino discusses the possibility of hosting the World Cup in an Arab country like Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.