2018 World Cup Qualifiers : Morocco national football team arrived in Abidjan [Video]

Morocco national football team arrived on Wednesday night in Abidjan, where it is supposed to face on Saturday its Ivorian counterpart in a decisive match for the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers.

On their arrival at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny International Airport, the technical and administrative staffs accompanying the team and the delegation of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation were received by the Ambassador of Morocco to Cote d’Ivoire, Abdelmalek Kettani, and a huge crowd of Moroccan supporters living in Cote d’Ivoire.

Moroccans in Abidjan gathered for hours at the airport to support members of the national team.

Morocco will be qualified to the 2018 World Cup supposed to be held in Russia if it manages to defeat the Ivorian Elephants.

For this game, the national manager, Hervé Renard, has selected 26 players :

-Goalkeepers : Munir El Kajoui, Yassine Bounou, Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti.

- Defenders: Medhi Benatia, Jawad El Yamiq, Roman Saiss, Badr Banoun, Nabil Dirar, Ashraf Hakimi, Fouad Chafik, Oualid al-Hajjam, Hamza Mendyl.

-Midfielders : Karim El Ahmadi, Sofyan Amrabat, Mbark Boussoufa, Faycal Fajr, Hakim Ziyech, Younis Belhanda, Amine Harit, Nordin Amrabat, Sofiane Boufal, Ismail El Haddad.

-Attackers: Khalid Boutaib, Rachid Alioui, Mimoun Mahi, Ashraf Bencharki.