The Moroccan national football team won a convincing 3-0 victory over Sudan in a match counting for the 5th round of group I. The match took place at the Prince Moulay Abdellah complex in Rabat.
Moroccan player Zakaria Aboukhlal has been called up as reinforcement to compensate for the absence of Youssef En-nesyri who is suffering from a muscle tear. The player born of a Libyan father and a Moroccan mother will therefore be present for the matches against Sudan and Guinea.
While the President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, Fouzi Lekjaa, indicated in an interview on Radio Mars that he would personally get involved in resolving the crisis between Ziyech and the coach, Vahid Halilhodzic does not see it that way. He no longer wants to hear about the player, as well as his teammate from Ajax Amsterdam, Noussair Mazraoui.
After successfully qualifying the Atlas Lions for the playoff match, Vahid Halilhodzic hopes to win the last two matches counting for the 5th and 6th rounds of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. The coach intends to achieve a flawless run.
Faced with the scale of the conflict between Vahid Halilhodzic and Hakim Ziyech , the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has decided to intervene to restore peace and cohesion within the national team. For the third time, the Franco-Bosnian coach, in the context of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, has decided to exclude the Chelsea midfielder, accusing him of having "crossed all the limits that a player must not exceed".
Moroccan international Noussair Mazraoui is having a hard time digesting his dismissal from the Moroccan national football team. The Ajax Amsterdam player, like his teammate who plays at Chelsea, is no longer in the good graces of the national coach. After Hakim Ziyech’s statement on the situation , it is Mazraoui’s turn to break the silence to enlighten public opinion, the reasons that justify his absence for more than a year from the list of players called up for the matches of the Atlas Lions .
For a few months now, Hakim Ziyech has been unwanted in the national team, due to "his lack of involvement in recent gatherings". The Moroccan player who plays at Chelsea has finally spoken out about the situation that opposes him to Vahid Halilhodzic . The midfielder, without going into details, does not recognize himself in the reproaches made to him by the coach and assures that he has been irreproachable at each gathering of the Atlas Lions .
Injured on September 25 during the match that pitted his club against Espanyol , Youssef En-Nesyri suffered a relapse of the muscle tear he was suffering from and will have to stay off the pitch longer than expected. The announcement was made by the Andalusian club, thus reducing Morocco’s hopes of counting on the player for the 2022 CAN.
As announced, the national coach, Vahid Halilhodzic, unveiled this Thursday the list of players called up for the two return matches against Sudan and Guinea, counting for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
The national coach, Vahid Halilhodzic, intends to maintain the same squad for the upcoming matches counting for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. He will unveil the list of players this Thursday. Unsurprisingly, Hakim Ziyech and Noussair Mazraoui, suspended, should not be part of it.
This Thursday, November 4, Vahid Halilhodzic will unveil the list of players called up for the training camp and the next matches of the Atlas Lions. Pending this press conference, rumors are circulating about the return of Hakim Ziyech and Noussair Mazraoui to the group.
The president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Fouzi Lekjaa, has asked the national coach, Vahid Halilhodzic, not to give in to the demands deemed excessive of certain dual national players that the FRMF is trying to recruit.