The gathering of the Moroccan national team for the two matches against Liberia (September 9 in Agadir) and Burkina Faso (September 12 in Lens) continues. Present in Maâmora, Selim Amallah and Yunis Abdelhamid were confident of victory during the two meetings. The best way to continue preparation for the CAN.
The first Atlas Lions gathering of the season continues at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Maâmora. Walid Regragui ‘s men are advancing towards the two confrontations against Liberia and Burkina Faso , with a daily session. After Monday’s, reserved for cleaning, Tuesday’s was done at a more sustained pace and lasted 90 minutes.
Regragui and his staff focused the work on the technical and tactical aspects. The group is complete, apart from Sofyan Amrabat , who remained in Manchester to finalize his transfer to United and carry out communications operations linked to his recruitment by the “ Red Devils ”. The midfielder was due to return to the den on Wednesday.
For Selim Amallah , the two matches on the program this week are very important, “especially the first. We must take it very seriously. We must finish first in the group. It’s a match in which we have to give everything. We will have to be concentrated and work well in training to achieve victory,” said the Valencia attacking midfielder. As for the Moroccan public, Amallah “hopes that the supporters will come in numbers. I know they are always present, always behind us. I hope it will be a good match and that we will please them,” concludes Amallah in a statement to the official FRMF channel .
If Amallah is used to crazy atmospheres during national team matches , Yunis Abdelhamid ‘s last appearance in national colors dates back to the time when matches were played behind closed doors due to the pandemic. But the central defender of Reims remains focused on the objectives of the start of the school year. “These are matches to advance in preparation. We have to be serious and go for the two victories,” said the central defender.
The procedure is simple: “We must work in continuity with what has been done before. For us players, we have just started the season. I think most of them are playing at their clubs and we are in good shape. The goal is to continue to perform well and to start the season in the selection in the best possible way,” insists the player who plays around thirty matches per season in Ligue 1. But work is not everything in a team national . “The atmosphere is very good,” confides Abdelhamid. There are a lot of young players with a lot of freshness and dynamism. All the lights are green. Now we have to win every match that comes our way.” The Lions’ opponents have been warned.