Seven Moroccan illegal immigrants were able to return home to Morocco. The Libyan Department of Combating Illegal Immigration announced this on Thursday. More than 30 Moroccan illegal immigrants detained in Libya had urgently requested to be repatriated, given the difficult conditions in which they live in the country.
Awaiting to deliver on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 8pm at the Grand Stadium of Tangier, against Gabon, a better copy than the one delivered with Libya, the Atlas Lions multiply the training sessions under the leadership of the coach, Vahid Halilhodzic.
The local team beat the Libyans in a friendly match with a score of 2 goals to 0, on Saturday, September 12, 2019, at the Municipal Stadium of Berkane.
Against the Libyan selection, Morocco did not shine. The Atlas Lions settled for a draw at home, in front of a crowd entirely won over to their cause and in a stadium that was sold out and welcoming them for the first time in 40 years.
The victory promised by the national coach, Vahid Halilhodzic, did not ultimately take place yesterday at the Stade d’Honneur in Oujda. The Moroccans drew against their Libyan counterparts in this friendly match.
The last training session on Thursday, October 10, 2019, at the Oujda Sports Complex, brought together the players, the staff and the Bosnian coach Halilhodzic, in preparation for the friendly match on Friday, October 11, against Libya.
A 33-year-old Libyan national was arrested on Friday, October 4, at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca. The reason is his direct involvement in an international drug trafficking operation in Guelmim, according to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
The list of 26 Atlas Lions who will take part in the matches on October 11 against Libya and then on October 15 of the same month against Gabon is known. Revealed by Vahid Halilhodzic, this list of players is the very first one drawn up by the coach since his arrival at the head of the technical staff.
Medhi Benatia is about to sign his international retirement. He has not only been absent from the Atlas Lions’ first two friendly matches, but he will also not play the next two, scheduled for October 11 and 15, against Libya and Gabon.
In preparation for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers, the Moroccan national team will face Libya and Gabon in the upcoming FIFA dates in October.
After Burkina Faso and Niger, Morocco, in search of a new challenger, has transmitted, through the Secretariat of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), an official request to its Libyan counterpart to organize a friendly match next October. Pending the response from the Libyan authorities, the national team is sharpening its weapons.
Hajja Zahra will finally be able to reunite with her family and loved ones in Marrakech, after years of loneliness and abandonment in Libya. She had gone to work as a seamstress, and had remained anonymous since she fell ill.