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Rabat – Morocco’s Royal Football Federation (FRMF) is holding negotiations with Romanian and Bosnian federations to line up more friendly games before the 2018 World Cup begins on June 14.
The Atlas Lions will play two friendlies against Serbia and Uzbekistan, reported Moroccan newspaper Assabah
The first friendly game will take place in Casablanca on March 27, while the second match will be played in Turin against Serbia.
Potential friendly games against Bosnia and Romania are tentatively scheduled for June 1 and June 5 respectively, at Morocco’s World Cup training base in Switzerland.
The friendlies will help the team to prepare for the world tournament and evaluate the team’s weaknesses and strengths.
Head coach, Hervé Renard has only a couple more months to determine his final World Cup squad. After the friendlies, the final list of 23 players for each tournament team is due June 4.
When the tournament begins, the Atlas Lions will first battle Iran on June 15. Morocco faces Portugal in its second game on June 20, and the Lions’ final first-round match will be against Spain on June 25.
