Moroccan international Oussama El Azzouzi, from the Italian club Bologna, scored the opening goal and provided an assist in the match against AS Roma (3-1), counting for the 33rd round of the Italian championship. He thus becomes a serious contender for another player on the national team.
The diplomatic tug-of-war between Rabat and Algiers has shifted to the sports field with the cancellation of the first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals between the Moroccan club Renaissance de Berkane and the Union Sportive de la Médina d’Alger, on Sunday, April 21, 2024, due to the jersey of the Atlas Lions containing a map of the kingdom integrating the Sahara.
Moroccan central defender Nayef Aguerd was substituted due to injury before the end of the first half of the return leg against Bayer Leverkusen (1-1) in the Europa League quarter-finals.
In an interview, the Moroccan striker of the Saudi club Al-Ittihad Jeddah, Abderrazak Hamdallah, delivered a scathing indictment against Walid Regragui , coach of the Atlas Lions, with whom the relations are far from cordial. Not to mention his relations with the former managers of the Moroccan national team, Badou Zaki and the French coach Hervé Renard.
The Moroccans and the Angolans meet this Sunday in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2024) of futsal. According to the coach of the Atlas Lions, Hicham Dguig, the match "will be difficult".
The coach of the Moroccan national team, Walid Regragui , has decided to bring forward by a few days the date of the gathering of the Atlas Lions, in preparation for the matches against Zambia and Congo, counting for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Moroccan central defender Nayef Aguerd is likely to leave West Ham. The London club had in the meantime expressed its willingness to let the Moroccan international go, who has been multiplying poor performances since his return from the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN Ivory Coast 2023).
A London club is vying to attract the Atlas Lion from Manchester United Sofyan Amrabat and has made a first offer for the Atlas Lion. The player who had a good World Cup with Morocco in Qatar in 2022 is sinking at Old Trafford.
Saudi Arabia wants to do its shopping in the selection of Walid Regragui, coach of the Atlas Lions. A Saudi club has in its sights Azzedine Ounahi , Moroccan midfielder of Olympique de Marseille (OM), who was also one of the revelations of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with Morocco, which it wishes to recruit during the next transfer window.
The Moroccan team faces Libya in the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2024) of futsal. After their convincing victories over Angola (5-2), Ghana (8-3) and Zambia (13-0), the men of Hicham Dguig have every chance of winning, although it will not be easy against the very difficult Libyan team.
Several Moroccan internationals such as Azzeddine Ounahi, Nayef Aguerd, Noussair Mazraoui , Hakim Ziyech, or Sofyan Amrabat, are invisible in their clubs. Unwanted or victims of recurring injuries, these Atlas Lions lack consistency, which could jeopardize Morocco’s chances of meeting the next challenges.
After long hesitation, the 22-year-old Franco-Moroccan midfielder of RC Lens, Neil El Aynaoui , has decided to join the Atlas Lions squad, thus turning his back on France.