Morocco - Angola: First Test After a Failed AFCON

Morocco will cross swords with Angola tonight on the pitch of the Grand Stadium of Agadir. For this match, the coach of the Moroccan national team is counting on new talents such as Brahim Diaz, Soufiane Rahimi, Ilias Akhomach, and Eliesse Ben Seghir, as well as old-timers like Achraf Hakimi and Hakim Ziyech. The latter should wear the captain’s armband. Walid Regragui did not call up Amine Harit, the captain of the Atlas Lions, Romain Saïss, Selim Amallah, Abdessamad Ezzalzouli, Yunis Abdelhamid, Ismaël Saibari, Noussair Mazraoui, and Sofiane Boufal.

This match against Angola will be a real test for the Moroccan technician who must prove that he deserves the trust placed in him by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) despite the disappointing participation of the Atlas Lions in the AFCON Côte d’Ivoire 2023. "If Walid Regragui fails to defeat Angola and Mauritania, his fate will be the removal from the Moroccan national team. Fouzi Lekjaâ will give him one last chance to win and correct the mistakes made during the Africa Cup of Nations. The president, like the Moroccan public, cannot live forever on the feat of the team during the World Cup in Qatar," explained a source close to the boss of Moroccan football to Al Araby Al Jadeed in February.