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Moroccan Soccer Star Flees China as Coronavirus Halts League Play
Saturday 29 February 2020, by
Moroccan international Ayoub El Kaabi is back in the country due to the coronavirus epidemic that has blocked the Chinese championship.
The Moroccan player, a member of Hebei China Fortune, has set foot on Moroccan soil. The only Atlas Lion playing in a Chinese championship team, the cradle of the Coronavirus, Ayoub El Kaabi and his teammates had been staying in Japan for several weeks to prepare for the season that has still not started.
Scheduled to start on February 22nd last, this mission is completely impossible for the local football authorities, in a country where the epidemic has already caused 2,744 deaths, according to the National Health Commission.