Morocco is maintaining the pressure on Algeria. The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has just asked the players to go to Rabat airport for their departure to Algeria where the CHAN 2023 begins this Friday.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, called for the easing of tensions between Morocco and Algeria, two rival powers in the region who, according to him, are not at war.
Released on Tuesday, January 10, the players of the Moroccan under-23 national team were recalled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) to resume their preparation camp at the Mohammed VI Football Complex.
In order to prepare for the next Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations, scheduled for next April in Algeria, Morocco will play two friendly matches against France.
In the absence of a response from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) regarding its request on the transport of the Atlas Lions to the CHAN 2023 , scheduled to take place in Algeria, Morocco should pronounce itself this Wednesday, on its participation or not in this competition.
A majority of Moroccans say they are in favor of opening the land and air borders between Morocco and Algeria. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Arab Barometer.
The Algerian-Moroccan crisis has reached the world of football. The Algerian press agency (APS) has deliberately chosen to remove Morocco from the list of countries that have won the African Nations Championship of local players (CHAN).
It is now official. The Moroccan football team will not be at the next African Nations Championship (CHAN), scheduled to take place in Algeria. The reason given: a disagreement related to the transport of the Atlas Lions .
After demanding that the Atlas Cubs travel to Constantine, the host city of Morocco’s matches, via a direct flight from Rabat on a Royal Air Maroc (RAM) plane, Morocco is asking Algeria to guarantee press freedom for Moroccan journalists covering the African Nations Championship (CHAN) scheduled from January 13 to February 4. A letter has been addressed to the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to this effect.
Seized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) regarding the opening of its airspace to the Atlas Lions plane participating in CHAN 2023, Algeria has rejected the request.
Faced with sometimes inaccurate statements from certain Algerian officials, the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Fouzi Lekjaâ, has just reformulated his request regarding the participation of the Moroccan national team in the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Algeria.
After seizing the CAF regarding preliminary requirements for the participation of the Moroccan under-23 national team in CHAN 2023, scheduled in Algeria, the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation met the press for a few clarifications.