Hakim Ziyech and Noussair Mazraoui are again not part of the Morocco selection. The two internationals have been ignored by national coach Vahid Halilhodzic for months and have also been passed over for the coming international match. Souffian El Karouani (NEC) and Zakaria Aboukhlal (AZ) have been called up by Halilhodzic, just like Abdou Harroui (Sassuolo).
Like Mazraoui, Ziyech was left out of the Moroccan selection by the Bosnian coach during the previous international match. Halilhodzic indicated during his press conference at the time that he found the Chelsea midfielder-cum winger ‘undisciplined’ during the last two international matches of the Chelsea. Lions of the Atlas. The international then fought a verbal war with Halilhodzic via social media. “Next time you talk, speak the truth!” Ziyech said via Instagram.
The national coach also has no place for Mazraoui, who has been in excellent form for weeks. In seven competition matches, the right back of Ajax was good for four goals and two assists. The Ajax player was with ESPN clear about the reason for the absence in the Moroccan selection. “The national coach would rather not have us,” he also referred to Ziyech. “You would like to play for your country, for the supporters, but if a coach does not want that… It is like it or not.” Mazraoui indicated after the Fortuna Sittard – Ajax (0-5) that there was room for a conciliation meeting between him and the national coach.
Harroui, who made the switch from Sparta Rotterdam to Sassuolo last summer, represented the Netherlands at the youth European Championship last summer and can now make his debut for Morocco. Morocco awaits a double meeting with Guinea-Bissau (6 and 9 October) in the World Cup qualifiers, while the qualifying match with Guinea is scheduled for October 12.
Morocco squad:
Target: Yassine Bounou (Virtus Bolzano), Munir Mohamedi (Hatayspor), Anas Zniti (Athletic Casablanca)
Defense: Romain Saïss (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Soufiane Chakla (Oud-Heverlee Leuven), Nayef Aguerd (Stade Rennes), Samy Mmaee (Ferencváros), Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain), Adam Masina (Watford), Ayoub El Amloud (Wydad Casablanca ), Souffian El Karouani (NEC)
Midfield: Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina), Abdou Harroui (Sassuolo), Aymen Barkok (Eintracht Frankfurt), Selim Amallah (Standard Liège), Fayçal Fajr (Sivasspor), Imrân Louza (Watford), Ilias Chair (Queens Park Rangers)
Attack: Munir El Haddadi (Seville), Zakaria Aboukhlal (AZ), Youssef En-Nesyri (Seville), Achraf Bencharki (Zamalek), Sofiane Boufal (SC Angers), Ryan Mmaee (Ferencváros), Ayoub El Kaabi (Hatayspor), Soufiane Rahimi ( Al-Ain).