
Former Morocco Captain Benatia Denies Joining National Team Staff
The rumor that the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) had offered Medhi Benatia to join the technical staff of the Atlas Lions is false, says the former international.

The rumor that the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) had offered Medhi Benatia to join the technical staff of the Atlas Lions is false, says the former international.

Moroccan football has just lost one of its active members. It is the Moroccan referee Abdelaziz Lemsallek who died on Monday, April 4, from cancer.

Just at the end of the match that sent Morocco to the final phase of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, King Mohammed VI congratulated the national team for this brilliant qualification.

The Atlas Lions arrived on Tuesday in Kinshasa in an unusual atmosphere marked by the absence of official representatives of FECOFA, the poor condition of the buses assigned to them and a shocking lack of security. A situation that did not please the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF).

In the event of Morocco’s qualification for the World Cup in Qatar , the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) will be entitled to a large allocation from FIFA as part of its preparation.

Mohamed Maqrouf, advisor to the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, reacted to the refusal of Hakim Ziyech and Noussair Mazraoui to join the national team for the World Cup qualifying playoffs.

While Internet users are already tearing each other apart over the refusal of Noussair Mazraoui and Hakim Ziyech to join the Moroccan team for the playoff matches counting towards the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has just driven the point home by raising some contradictions in the recent statements of the two players.

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation, through the Central Commission for Discipline and Fair Play, has sanctioned AS FAR and Maghreb de Fès, following the events that took place during the match played on Sunday as part of the 2020-2021 Throne Cup qualifiers, at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in Rabat.

During a program broadcast on Sunday morning on MFM Radio, Fouzi Lekjaa, the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), indicated that to arouse in young people the desire and interest for football, they must "have free access to local pitches".

Pre-called up for the next match of the Atlas Lions, Moroccan internationals Hakim Ziyech and Noussair Mazraoui declined the invitation of Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF). This refusal sparked a flood of reactions from Internet users who posted comments on Twitter, some to support the two players or condemn their decision, others to condemn the attitude of the national team coach Vahid Halilhodzic.

After Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), announced this Sunday that the Moroccan internationals Hakim Ziyech, Noussair Mazraoui and Abde Ezzalzouli are on the list of pre-selected players for the next match of the Atlas Lions, the Chelsea star and the one from Ajax Amsterdam have declined the invitation.

The information that former Atlas Lions captain Houssine Kharja is attempting mediation between Moroccan international Hakim Ziyech and the coach of the Moroccan national team, Vahid Halilhodzic, is false. For their part, Moroccan football fans are urging the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) to intervene and find a definitive solution to the dispute between the two men.