Munir El Haddadi is not among the list of players selected to represent Morocco at the World Cup in Qatar. The former Sevilla FC striker had done the impossible and succeeded in changing the FIFA regulations to join the Moroccan national team. For nothing!
Walid Regragui unveiled, on Thursday, his list of 26 players called up to represent Morocco. We note the presence of all the big names of the national team but also a surprise guest on the plane to Qatar in the person of Bilal El Khannouss , a Moroccan prodigy playing at KRC Genk in Belgium.
Walid Regragui announced his list of 26 players who will take part in the World Cup in Qatar (November 20 to December 18). While Achraf Hakimi and Hakim Ziyech are included, Munir El Haddadi and the brothers Ryan and Samy Mmaee were not selected.
As expected, the coach of the Moroccan national football team, Walid Regragui, unveiled this Thursday, November 10, the list of 26 players chosen to compete in the Football World Cup in Qatar. Here they are!
The Moroccan prodigy, Amine Salama , playing in Angers, will be among the Moroccan players called up to take part in the World Cup in Qatar.
Coach Walid Regragui, has spoken about his recent appointment as head of the Atlas Lions and Morocco’s chances at the World Cup, saying the kingdom has "a team that can pose problems for any opponent".
The Moroccan coach, Walid Regragui, spoke with Abde Ezzalzouli, currently on loan to Osasuna, to inquire about his condition and express his confidence after being informed of his injury.
FC Seville would have wanted to keep Munir El Haddadi , but he ended up leaving this club for another in La Liga, Getafe, where he is already making a good impression. This departure ensures him a call-up to the World Cup in Qatar.
A few weeks before the World Cup in Qatar, the new coach of the Atlas Lions, Walid Regragui , has been reassuring about the management of the national team. The leaders have given him free rein, he says, to carry out his mission peacefully.
After his appointment as head coach of the Moroccan national team, Walid Regragui had his baptism of fire with two friendly matches held in September in Barcelona and Seville against Chile and Paraguay. Even though with these two matches the coach has an idea of the flaws to be corrected, he hopes for other friendly confrontations before the 2022 Qatar World Cup .
After the draw against Paraguay on Tuesday in Seville, the Moroccan national team coach, Walid Regragui, acknowledged that the match was "difficult", but it will have allowed him to have "certainties" and to "draw several lessons" before the World Cup in Qatar.
Moroccan international Youssef En-Nesyri, who has been going through difficult times lately, both in club and in the national team, needs to be supported. This is an appeal launched by Walid Regragui, on Monday in Seville, during the press conference held before the friendly match that pits Morocco against Paraguay this Tuesday.