First rival on the path of the Brazilian teamMorocco announced this Tuesday (26) the list two 26 summoned who will defend the national team in the World Cup, which will be hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The list released by coach Mohamed Ouahbi includes top names in Moroccan football who are part of the main teams in Europe. Among the main highlights are the right-back Judgefrom Paris Saint-Germain, and the striker Brahim Diazdo Real Madrid.
The coach took over as national team coach in March to replace Walid Regragui. Under his command, the Moroccans they drew 1-1 with Ecuador and beat Paraguay 2-1 on the last FIFA Date of March. The most recent friendly took place this Tuesday, in a game in which the Morocco thrashed Burundi 5-0.
Morocco is in Group C of the World Cup and is doing its debut against the Brazilian teamon June 13th (Saturday), at 7pm (Brasília time), at MetLife Stadium, in New Jersey, United States. The second commitment will be before the Scotlandsix days later, in Boston. The last game will be against Haition the 24th, in Atlanta.
This will be the Morocco’s seventh participation in World Cups, the third in a row — an unprecedented feat in the country’s history. In the last edition of the World Cup, which was held in Qatar, the African team had a historic campaign.
After qualifying first in the group stage and leaving Spain and Portugal in the round of 16 and quarter-finals, respectively, the Moroccans only stopped in the semi-final against France. In the third place dispute, the team was surpassed by Croatia and finished the World Cup in Qatar in fourth place.
SEE MOROCCO’S WORLD CUP SQUAD
- Goalkeepers: Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal), Munir El Kajoui (RS Berkane), Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (AS FAR)
- Defenders: Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Noussair Mazraoui (Manchester United), Anass Salah-Eddine (PSV), Youssef Belammari (Al Ahly SC), Nayef Aguerd (Olympique), Issa Diop (Fulham), Chadi Riad (Crystal Palace), Redouane Halhal (KV Mechelen), Zakaria El Ouahdi (Genk)
- Midfielders: Azzedine Ounahi (Girona), Neil El Aynaoui (Roma), Sofyan Amrabat (Betis), Ayoub Bouaddi (Lille), Samir El Mourabet (Strasbourg), Bilal El Khannouss (Stuttgart), Ismaël Saibari (PSV)
- Attackers: Brahim Díaz (Real Madrid), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Betis), Yassine Bessime (Strasbourg), Chemsdine Talbi (Sunderland), Soufiane Rahimi (Al-Ain), Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos), Ayoub Amahount (Frankfurt).
