Morocco Names 18-Man Squad for Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier Against Malawi

Being already qualified for this CAN 2019, the Atlas Lions are going there for the form but will still try to ensure a victory to gain confidence before the match against Argentina in a few days.

Here is the complete list in which we note a strong presence of local players:

• Goalkeepers: Mounir El Kajoui (Malaga, Spain), Ahmad Reda Tagnaouti (Wydad de Casablanca, Morocco)

• Defenders: El Hajjam Oualid (Amiens SC, France), Fouad Chafik (Dijon, France), Badr Banoun (Raja de Casablanca), Abdelkrim Baadi (Hassania d’Agadir, Morocco), Yunis Abdelhamid (Stade de Reims).

• Midfielders: Youssef Aït Bennasser (St-Etienne, France), Sofiane Amrabet (Club Bruges, Belgium), Anuar Tuhami (Valladolid, Spain), Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo, Italy), Walid El Karti (Wydad de Casablanca, Morocco), Abdelilah Hafidi (Raja de Casablanca, Morocco).

• Forwards: Ayoub El Kaâbi (Hebei China Fortune FC, China), Rachid Alioui (Nîmes, France), Oussama Idrissi (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands), Ismail El Haddad (Wydad de Casablanca, Morocco), Zakaria Hadraf (Raja de Casablanca).