Moroccan coach Walid Regragui unveiled a list of 24 players selected for the friendly matches against Angola (March 22) and Mauritania (March 26) in Agadir. Brahim Diaz, elected player of the month for February at Real Madrid, is the big news in this largely renewed squad.
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Despite a early elimination during the last CAN in Ivory Coast, the Atlas Lions coach Walid Regragui remained in place. Today, he seems to be starting from scratch since he has largely renewed his squad for the international break. About 10 players present in San Pedro last January are not on the list. Exit captain Romain Saiss. Just like Selim Amallah, Amine Harit, Yunis Abdelhamid, or even Yahya Attiat Allah. We also cannot find the names of Noussair Mazraoui, Ismael Saibari and Sofiane Boufal, these three are injured.
New for the Lions: the arrival of Brahim Diaz, voted player of the month for February at Real Madrid. His young teammate in Madrid, Youssef Lekhedim, is also on the list. Other new arrivals, the Monegasque Eliesse Ben Seghir, and the Villareal winger, Ilias Akhomach.
Note the return of Soufiane Rahimi, who had not been called up for more than a year. Rahimi continues to shine with Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. The Atlas Lion scored a double on Monday March 11 against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nasr during the quarter-final second leg of the Asian Champions League.
Hakim Ziyech, Yassine Bounou, Nayef Aguerd, Achraf Hakimi, Sofyan Amrabat and Youssef En-Nesyri are part of this disrupted list.
Goalkeepers: Yassine Bounou, Munir El Kajoui, El Mehdi Benabid
Defenders : Nayef Aguerd, Abdelkabir Abqar, Achraf Dari, Chadi Riad, Achraf Hakimi, Mohamed Chibi, Yahya Attiat Allah, Youssef Lekhedim
Medium : Sofyan Amrabat, Oussama El Azzouzi, Brahim Diaz, Bilal El Khannouss, Amir Richardson, Azzedine Ounahi
Attackers: Hakim Ziyech, Ilias Akhomach, Ayoub El Kaabi, Youssef En-Nesyri, Soufiane Rahimi, Amine Adli, Eliesse Ben Seghir