Rabat- Morocco’s national football team, nicknamed the Atlas Lions, will face Ukraine on Thursday in a pre-World Cup friendly game at the Geneva stadium in Switzerland. Onlookers shared glimpses of the Atlas Lions’ pre-match day training online.
Rabat- Morocco’s national football team, nicknamed the Atlas Lions, will face Ukraine on Thursday in a pre-World Cup friendly game at the Geneva stadium in Switzerland. Onlookers shared glimpses of the Atlas Lions’ pre-match day training online.
The Morocco-Ukraine friendly would have taken place Wednesday, May 30, but the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) announced weeks ago that the match would be rescheduled for Thursday evening.
The Atlas Lions’ warm-up drills:
? #Entraînement pic.twitter.com/B56Ih2qDag
— Maroc (@EnMaroc) May 30, 2018
Début de la dernière séance d’entraînement avant la rencontre amicale face à l’Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/8sHyQiEBeY
— Maroc (@EnMaroc) May 30, 2018
The national team’s coach, Hervé Renard, expressed confidence in the team’s capabilities, stating, “The time will be fired up! We will arrive with full confidence… We have a solid team, it is ready, and we will be in the best shape in 15 days,” he said Wednesday in a press conference in Switzerland.
Before the global tournament begins on June 14, the team will also play a second friendly game against Slovakia in Switzerland on June 4 and a third in Estonia against their national team on June 9, six days before Morocco’s first World Cup match against Iran on June 15.
The Atlas Lions will play against Portugal in their second game on June 20 and against Spain on June 25 in the final first-round match for Morocco.
