The Atlas Lions face the Stallions of Burkina Faso on Friday, September 6, as part of the friendly matches scheduled to be held at the Grand Stadium in Marrakech. Vahid Halilhodzic, coach of the Moroccan national team, gives all players the same chance to participate.
The national team player, Adel Taarabt, did not hide his joy at his return to the Atlas Lions squad.
Absent from the initial list of the new coach of Morocco, the Moroccan international and midfielder of Real Madrid, Anuar Tuhami (24 years old), was called up as reinforcement by Vahid Halilhodzic to take part in the Atlas Lions training camp.
The remarks of Ronald Koeman, coach of the Netherlands, were not to the liking of the Atlas Lion, Hakim Ziyech. According to him, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) would have paid money to Moroccan players from the diaspora to participate in the national team’s matches.
The list of 27 Moroccan players for the friendly matches scheduled at the Grand Stadium of Marrakech against Burkina Faso and Niger, respectively, in September 2019, has just been unveiled by national coach Vahid Halilhodzic.
Mehdi Carcela has no intention of being part of the squad of the Al-Sailiya SC club based in Doha. The Atlas Lion has refused the offer from the Qatari club, preferring to continue his adventure at Standard Liège.
Abderrazak Hamdallah’s absence from the list drawn up by Halilhodzic is not to his liking, so much so that he is considering announcing his international retirement prematurely.
Arrived in Morocco, on Wednesday, July 7, to finalize the details of his contract as coach of the national team, Laurent Blanc declined the offer from the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF).
After the departure of Hervé Renard to Saudi Arabia, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation has set its sights on Bosnian Vahid Halilhodžić. Fouzi Lekjaâ seems to have paved the way for the imminent signing of the contract, which should last two years.
Before his imminent appointment at the head of the Atlas Lions, Vahid Halilhodzic has just officialized his divorce from his former club, FC Nantes. An agreement with the president of this sports team was reached in the afternoon of Thursday, August 1, 2019.
Osian Roberts and Houcine Ammouta have just been appointed, respectively, as Technical Director and coach of the local team. This decision was made at the end of the last meeting of the Executive Bureau of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF).
The Bosnian coach, Vahid Halilhodzic, is the likely successor to Hervé Renard. The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) would have decided to entrust him with the reins of the Moroccan national football team, after the report of the FRMF Commission in charge of appointing the new coach.