As they take the field on Saturday against Portugal, the Atlas Lions will be playing for the millions of Moroccan supporters but also for their loved ones. This is the case for Selim Amallah who, according to his family, will be defending the national colors for his late mother.
Why do many Belgo-Moroccan players who go through all the youth categories in Belgium end up choosing Morocco as their sporting nationality as seniors? Belgo-Moroccan Khalid Zimbi, who has been working with the Belgian Football Union since 2016, sheds light on the subject.
A year after being recruited by PSG, Achraf Hakimi already wants to return to his former club, Inter Milan. The barbs sent to the Parisian club’s coach were apparently not just a passing anger.
After the victory against Spain and the historic qualification for the quarter-finals of the World Cup, a certain uncertainty is gaining Walid Regragui , the coach of the Atlas Lions, before the match against Portugal scheduled for this Saturday, December 10.
Samir Ziani, a Franco-Moroccan boxer from Villeneuve-sur-Lot, who is not very much into football, has a deep admiration for the Atlas Lions who have "reconciled him with the round ball."
FIFA announced on Friday the refereeing team for the quarter-final match between Morocco and Portugal on December 10 at the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar.
The quarter-finals of the World Cup start next Saturday with an enticing Morocco-Portugal match. As usual at this stage, many observers try to predict the outcome of the matches using statistical models.
Moroccan international Hakim Ziyech has been on AC Milan’s radar for a few months, but the amount of his annual salary is a hindrance to finalizing the negotiations between Chelsea and the Italian club. But with his performances at the World Cup, there is a strong chance that the player will be able to complete this transfer as early as next month.
The performances of Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou in Qatar are arousing the interest of several European clubs, pushing Sevilla FC to increase its price on the transfer market.
A New York teacher said he won $1 million by betting on Morocco’s qualification for the World Cup quarter-finals .
The Spanish Football Federation announced on Thursday the departure of Luis Enrique, now the former coach of La Roja. This decision comes two days after Spain’s elimination by Morocco (3-0) in the round of 16 of the 2022 Qatar World Cup .
The tribute paid by the Moroccan players to Abdelhak Nouri, a young Ajax Amsterdam player who suffered a cardiac arrest in 2017, has elicited a reaction from him.