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Rabat- Head coach of the national team Badou Zaki has announced on Friday his 30-man squad for the pre-competition training camp in Portugal, with AC Milan’s Adel Taarabt as the most notable absentee.
“Taarabt was left out because he did not respond to any of the calls made by the coach and the crew,” said Badou Zaki in a press conference held in Rabat.
The national team will play two friendly matches during its training camp in Portugal, one against Mozambique and the second against Angola. Upon their return to Morocco, the Atlas Lions will play an extra friendly against Senegal before they pack for a trip to Russia to play against the Russian team in the capital city of Moscow.
Squad in full:
Goalkeepers: Khalid Askri (RCA), Mohamed Amsif (FC Augsboug), Karim Fegrouch (Alien Limassol), Anass Zniti (FAR).
Defenders: Merouane Da costa (Sivasspor), Mehdi Benatia (AS Roma), Zouhair Feddal (AS Sienne), Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (Montpellier), Mohamed Oulhaj (RCA), Mohamed Aberhoun (MAT), Abderrahim Achchakir (FAR), Ayoub El Khaliqi (WAC), Zakaria El Hachimi (RCA), Zakarya Bergdich (Valladolid), Achraf Lazaar (Palerme).
Midfielders: Issam El Adoua (Levante), Jamel Ait Ben Idir (Auxerre), Mounir El Obbadi (Monaco), Mohamed Berrabeh (WAC), Issam Erraki (RCA), Nordin Amrabat (Malaga), Mehdi Carcela (Standard de Liège), Abdelaziz Barrada (Al Jazira), Mbark Boussoufa (Lokomoiv Moscou), Omar El Kaddouri (Torino), Younes Belhanda (Dynamo de Kiev), Aatif Chahechouhe (Sivasspor).
Forwards: Abderrazzak Hamdallah (Guanghzou RF), Youssef El Arabi (Granada), Marouane Chamakh (Crystal Palace).
