It is on the evening of Sunday, July 7, 2019 that Algeria will face the Guinean team in the round of 16. A match that promises to be difficult and could be reminiscent of that of Morocco, according to the coach of the Algerian national team, Djamel Belmadi.
He had to react, following the elimination of the Atlas Lions from the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN). The captain of the Moroccan team, Medhi Benatia, who could not participate in this match due to an injury, understands the disappointment of Moroccans. We have copied here the complete message he posted on Facebook (with the mistakes that dot it!).
Moroccan international Youssef El-Arabi has just left the Qatari championship and is returning to Europe by joining the Greek club Olympiacos.
Soufiane Boufal will probably have a bitter taste of his first Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) with the "Atlas Lions". He came on as a substitute in the second half. His game, based on speed and dribbling, was unable to pierce the Beninese defense. And he is one of the two players who missed the penalty in the penalty shootout.
Hervé Renard had difficulty hiding his emotion during the press conference devoted to Morocco’s match against Benin and the elimination of the "Atlas Lions".
It was a very emotional Hervé Renard who presented himself on Friday, July 5th, evening, at the post-match press conference, Morocco-Benin, which saw the elimination of the "Atlas Lions" when they were considered to be among the favorites for the title.
Expected as the savior, after a very good year within the "Ajax" team in Amsterdam, Hakim Ziyech did not convince during this Africa Cup of Nations (CAN). A disappointment crowned by a missed penalty, in the last minute of the match against Benin. A goal that could have changed the outcome...
The elimination of the Moroccan football team, on this Friday, July 5, 2019 evening, in the round of 16 of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) by the Benin team, considered however very easy, probably marks the end of the contract of the French coach, Hervé Renard, at the head of the "Atlas Lions".
Here we are. The Moroccan football team faces its Benin counterpart today, Friday, July 5, in the round of 16 of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN), which is currently taking place in Egypt.
The information, widely relayed on social networks, and which reports on marabouts who arrived, by the President of the Republic of Benin, as part of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN), to support the "Squirrels" against Morocco, is false.
In Benin, while awaiting the historic encounter of the national team against Morocco, as part of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN), the hour is one of effervescence on social networks, in drinking establishments, ... All bet on the victory of the national team, this Friday, July 5, 2019.
During the training session of the "Atlas Lions" this Wednesday, July 3, the day after the victory over South Africa, two key players of the Moroccan national team gave their opinion on the next match, which promises to be very difficult against Benin, in the context of CAN 2019. For the two players, Benin is not to be underestimated, as it deserves its qualification and will undoubtedly try to create a surprise against the "Atlas Lions".