Against El Salvador, Morocco proposes a match in Rabat… all expenses paid

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Against El Salvador, Morocco proposes a match in Rabat… all expenses paid

Facing a cascade of absences, the Moroccan national team gives up playing its friendly match scheduled in Washington against El Salvador. To maintain this World Cup preparation, the federation proposes relocating the match to Rabat with all expenses covered.

Initially scheduled for May 29 in the American capital, this face-off will ultimately not take place across the Atlantic. In an official letter addressed to the Salvadoran federation, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF explains that it will be deprived of numerous international players held back by club competition finals in Asia and Europe, or impacted by local schedules and injuries. Under these circumstances, the national team would find itself "without at least one-third of the players likely to be on the list" intended for FIFA, making this distant trip incoherent from a sporting perspective.

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Refusing nonetheless to definitively cancel this match deemed very important, secretary general Tarik Najem formulated a major counter-proposal. Morocco suggests relocating the confrontation to June 2 within its own stadium, in Rabat. To convince his counterpart to accept this last-minute modification, the federation commits to covering all logistics. The Moroccan offer includes the willingness to "cover your international travel expenses as well as your local costs," while presenting formal apologies for this change of plans.