The Moroccan national football team will face Côte d’Ivoire in a friendly preparation match for the Africa Cup of Nations scheduled for early next year. Walid Regragui’s men will likely be without Sofyan Amrabat and Hakim Ziyech, who are injured.
The Moroccan national football team got off rather well with a fairly favorable draw for the 34th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations scheduled from January 11 to February 13 in Côte d’Ivoire.
Brahim Díaz has finally changed his sporting nationality. The Real Madrid midfielder has decided to play for the Moroccan team, after long awaiting a call-up to the Spanish senior team.
Suffering from a left thigh iliopsoas injury, Lamine Yamal will not be able to play Spain’s upcoming matches against Scotland (Thursday in Seville) and Norway (Sunday in Oslo). Bad news for the young player of Moroccan origin, but it will likely give hope to Morocco, which hopes to see Yamal join the Atlas Lions.
Okan Buruk, Galatasaray’s coach, has stated that Moroccan international Hakim Ziyech is still unavailable. Will he be lined up for the two friendly matches of the Moroccan national team?
After several days of absence, following an injury sustained during the match against Başakşehir - a match in which he had distinguished himself with a superb goal - Hakim Ziyech has found his way back to training.
The list of 26 players to play the next matches against the Ivorian selection (friendly) on October 14 in Abidjan, and the Liberian selection (official) on October 17 in Agadir, has just been unveiled by the coach of the Moroccan national team, Walid Regragui .
The technical director (DTN) of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Chris Van Puyvelde, has outlined the strategy for the development of national football, aiming, in the long term, to have a "A" national team composed of 50% dual nationals and 50% players from the national championship, the Botola Pro.
Toulouse FC has announced that Zakaria Aboukhlal is likely to miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery for an injury.
After the departure of stars like Lionel Messi and Neymar, Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi is reveling with PSG under the orders of the new coach, Luis Enrique, who is full of praise for him.
Moroccan midfielder Sofyan Amrabat says he is ready to help Manchester United in multiple positions. He played left-back for his first start with the club in the 3-0 win over Crystal Palace on Tuesday.
The Atlas Lions will cross swords with the Elephants of Côte d’Ivoire on October 14 in Abidjan for a friendly match, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) confirmed on Monday.