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During a press conference held by videoconference on Thursday, Atlas Lions’ manager Vahid Halilhodzic revealed the names of players expected to join the national football squad, which will face Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo in two friendlies.
Overall, Vahid Halilhodzic will rely exclusively on professional footballers playing abroad. Indeed, no Botola pro player has been summoned.
The coach has summoned two goalkeepers, Yassine Bounou who plays for Sevilla FC, and Mounir Mohand Mohamedi El Kajoui from Turkish club Hatayspor.
Noussair Mazraoui from Ajax Amsterdam, Issam Chebbak from Turkish club Yeni Malatyaspor, Hamza Mendyl from Schalke 04 and Nabil Dirat, defender of Fenerbahçe SK were also summoned to join the national team for the two friendlies. The list also includes Sofian Chakla (Villarreal CF), Samy Mmaee (Sint-Truiden VV), Romain Ghannem Saïss (Wolverhampton), Zouhair Feddal (Sporting Lisbon) and Nayef Aguerd (Stade rennais FC).
Hamdallah refuses to join national team
For midfielders, Halilhodzic summoned Omar El Kaddouri (PAOK Salonika), Driss Seddiki (Willem II), Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina), Nassim Boujellab (Schalke 04), Aymen Berkouk (Eintracht Frankfurt), Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea FC) , Selim Amallah (Standard de Liège) and Oussama Tannane (Vitesse Arnhem).
The national manager also invited Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos), Youssef El-Nesyri (Sevilla FC), Achraf Bencharki (Zamalek Sporting Club), Achraf Hakimi (Inter Milan), Moha Rharsalla Khadfi (Slovan Bratislava), Mounir El Haddadi (Sevilla FC) and Zakariya Labyad (Ajax Amsterdam).
Regarding the absence of Moroccan international Abderrazak Hamdallah, playing for Saudi club Al Nasr, Vahid Halilhodzic explained that the player again refused to respond to the invitation of the national team. The Atlas Lions coach said he personally called Hamdallah, as did his assistant Mustapha Haji before that, adding that the striker justified this refusal by his desire to concentrate on his international career.
It was worth mentioning that the Atlas Lions will face Senegal in a friendly Friday October 9, 2020, while a second meeting will be played against the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tuesday October 13, 2020. The two friendly matches will take place at the Sports Complex Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat, from 7 p.m.
