Morocco’s World Cup Qualifying Streak: Halilhodzic’s Lions Win 4 in 4

Have Vahid Halilhodzic finally found his ideal team?, wonder some sports analysts who believe that the Moroccan players lined up for the last match against Guinea have shown a collective and technical game appreciated by the supporters and have produced good results. The latter have mainly saluted the performance of players such as Imran Louza, Ilias Chair, Soufiane El Karrouani or Ryan Mmae.

The national coach is proud of his players and has expressed his satisfaction with their performance and determination against Guinea. "The Moroccan players were on time and presented the required level in a match that was not easy, and we made double efforts to win," Halilhodzic told the press at the end of the match.

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With the absence of players like Hakim Ziyech, Noussair Mazraoui or Amine Harit, the coach of the Atlas Lions had to review the composition of the team by lining up young talents like Ryan Mame or Imran Louza. Vahid Halilhodzic also made several tactical changes, which allowed the national team to make the difference in this match against Guinea (4-1) and to validate their ticket for the play-offs, after beating Sudan (2-0) and Guinea Bissau twice (5-0) and (3-0).

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For his match against Guinea, the Bosnian coach opted for a 3-5-2 formation instead of the 4-4-2 proposed against Guinea Bissau. This system allowed striker Ayoub El Kaabi, who started in the absence of the injured Youssef En-Nesyri, to open the scoring in the 21st minute. The young Hatayspor player scored a goal in each match, totaling 4 goals in 4 matches. The second goal was scored by Selim Amellah, who scored a brace in the second half, before Soufiane Boufal, a substitute for Ayoub El Kaabi, scored the fourth goal.

Despite their qualification for the play-offs, the Moroccan team will play two more matches against Sudan and Guinea, counting for the fifth and sixth rounds of the qualifiers. In any case, Morocco already tops Group I with 12 points.