Morocco vs Algeria: U-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifier Kicks Off Today

Morocco will challenge Algeria this Friday for the first leg of the third and penultimate round of the African qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. The return leg will take place on May 17 at the Salem Mabrouki stadium in Algiers, at 5:30 p.m. (Moroccan time). This double confrontation is of "paramount importance" for the Moroccan players and for their training, said Younes Rabie, coach of the Moroccan women’s national football team, assuring that the preparations have gone well and that his protégés are determined to win the victory.

Ines Aboucharif confirms: the women’s football team is eager to play this match. Her teammate Chaimae Boughazi has, for her part, assured that the national selection is animated by an iron will, in order to beat Algeria and get closer to the final phase of the World Cup which will take place in the Dominican Republic, from October 16 to November 3 next. The qualified teams from the African zone will be known at the end of the fourth and final round in June.

The kick-off of the first leg is scheduled for 8 p.m. (Moroccan time) or 9 p.m. in Europe, at the Berkane municipal stadium. This match can be followed live on the Arryadia channel.