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Rabat – Issame Charai, the coach of Morocco’s U23 national football team, announced on Friday the list of players selected for the double-header against Brazil scheduled on September 7 and 11 in Fez.
Among the goalkeepers, Elyas Mago, Alaa Belaarouch, Rachid Ghanimi, and Walid Hasbi will take part in the game.
Defenders on Charai’s list for the Brazil games include Ayoub Amraoui, Akram Nekkach, Chadi Riyad, and Achraf Laaziri alongside Zakaria Ouahdi, Aymane El Wafi, Mehdi Boukamir, Oualid Mhamdi, Diyae Eddine Jermoumi, and Mohamed Jaouab.
In the midfield, meanwhile, the coach called up Oussama El Azzouzi, Ayman Azhil, Aimen Moueffek, Younes Taha, Abdellah Haimoud, Neil El Aynaoui, and Yassine Kechta.
As for the forwards, included on the list are Ibrahim El Kadiri, Salim El Jebbari, Hamza Igamane, Amine El Ouazzani, Abdellah Raihani, and Yanis Bagraoui.
These two friendlies are part of the National Olympic Team’s preparations for the coming Olympic Games, which will be hosted in Paris in the summer of 2024, the Moroccan Royal Federation of Football (FRMF) announced on Friday.
The games will be held at the Fez Sports Complex starting at 8:00 p.m. GMT+1.
The Brazilian Olympic team won the last edition of the Olympic Games held in Tokyo in 2020, making it a good opponent for a Moroccan team preparing for success at the Paris Games.
The 2024 tournament will take place between July 26 and August 11 and will mark Morocco’s return to the Olympic football stage after twelve years of absence.
In July, Morocco overcame Egypt in the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)’s finals 2-1, claiming the tournament championship for the first time in history.
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