
Morocco Drops to 45th in FIFA Rankings, Falls Out of Africa's Top 3
The Moroccan national football team has just lost 2 places in the FIFA ranking due to its meager performance during its recent matches. The national team is currently ranked 45th.

The Moroccan national football team has just lost 2 places in the FIFA ranking due to its meager performance during its recent matches. The national team is currently ranked 45th.

Medhi Benatia, the captain of the Atlas Lions, has just given an interview to BeIn Sports in which he claims, among other things, that it was not the money that pushed him to go to the Qatari club Al Duhail but rather football, which, according to his words, guides each of his steps.

Achraf Bencharki is undoubtedly one of the gems of Moroccan football that the national team will have to seriously count on. And for good reason! This talented young player features prominently in this week’s France Football release, for having established himself as the highest paid player in the French Ligue 2.

During the El Partidazo show on the Spanish radio station COPE, Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi said he hopes to be fit in time for the 2019 CAN which will take place in Egypt. Achraf Hakimi had a metatarsal fracture.

Born in France to a Moroccan mother and a Senegalese father, Issa Diop only intends to play for France.

The Moroccan national football team could play a match against the Algerian team before the start of the Africa Cup of Nations scheduled for next June in Egypt.

While rumors were talking about a several-month stoppage for the Moroccan international Youssef En-Nesyri, this is not the case, as a two to three week unavailability is now mentioned.

While Morocco has not yet recovered from its defeat against the Argentine team (1-0), there is now talk of another match before the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2019) next June.

While he was ruled out of the friendly match Morocco-Argentina that took place on March 26, due to a pubic injury, Lionel Messi trained on March 27 with FC Barcelona. The prayers for his full recovery must have been heard.

The South Korean brand Hyundai will now drive for the Atlas Lions by becoming their official transporter after signing an agreement with the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF).

The Moroccan football team will have to do without its star striker Youssef En-Nesyri , who will undergo surgery in the very near future, which will keep him away from the pitch for several months.

National coach Hervé Renard returned yesterday to Morocco’s defeat against the Argentine team in the friendly match that took place at the Grand Stade de Tanger.