FIFA reminds English clubs that have decided to withhold their internationals to order. The world football body has asked them that the players concerned, particularly Moroccans, be made available to their countries.
Covid-19 will not be the only difficulty the national coach will have to face. He could be confronted with the absence of six Moroccan players who play in Europe and who could be absent from the next gathering that starts on August 30. Their respective clubs are still reluctant to release them.
The coach of the Moroccan national football team, Vahid Halilhodzic, has tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, he will not be able to present the list of players called up for the upcoming matches at the press conference.
While Vahid Halilhodzic is counting heavily on the presence of certain internationals for the preparation camp starting at the end of this month, he could find himself without Hakim Ziyech , the playmaker of the Atlas Lions who plays at Chelsea. English clubs are refusing to let certain players go, citing the rise in contamination cases.
Chelsea was not the only one concerned about Ziyech’s shoulder injury . The coach of the Atlas Lions also feared that the player would miss the call-up for the World Cup 2022 qualifiers. But the player made his debut in the Premier League 2021-2022 season on Sunday at the Emirates Stadium against Arsenal, dispelling any doubt about his fitness.
It is on the official website of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) that Vahid Halilhodžić gave his opinion on the draw made in Yaoundé, at the end of which the Atlas Lions inherited group C composed of Ghana, Gabon and the Comoros.
The Atlas Lions coach continues to fine-tune the list of players who will be part of the next gathering. According to sources close to Vahid Halilhodzic , this list should include new names.
Four new players have just joined the ranks of the Moroccan football team to strengthen the team as part of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. They will therefore be part of the next training camp of the Atlas Lions .
The coach of the Moroccan national football team Vahid Halilhodzic would be on his way out and his replacement is supposed to take office soon. Nonsense, according to Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF).
In an open interview with a Bosnian media, the coach of the Atlas Lions shares his experience with the Moroccan team and his ambitions for it. On his list of objectives with the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Vahid Halilhodzic notably includes achieving a good performance in the next Africa Cup of Nations and positioning Morocco in the prestigious circle of countries to participate in the next World Cup in 2022 in Qatar.
The coach of the Moroccan national football team intends to closely follow the last matches of the Botola . The goal is to be able to identify the players who can be part of the national team.
Fouzi Lekjaa, the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), would be worried. According to him, the face shown by the Atlas Lions in the last two friendly matches, against Ghana and Burkina Faso, would not reassure of a good participation in the next competitions.