Walid Abdullah
The first national football team will meet its Moroccan counterpart in an international friendly match that will be held “Thursday” at 10 pm “the Kingdom of Bahrain time”, on the new stadium, Prince Moulay Abdullah, in the city of Rabat, in the Kingdom of Morocco, as part of the preparatory program that “Al -Ahmar” is fighting in preparation for the upcoming football entitlements.
The confrontation is of special importance due to the value of the opponent, as the Moroccan national team is one of the most prominent teams on the international scene, after it finished fourth in the World Cup “Qatar 2022”, in a historic achievement for the Arabs and the African continent. It is expected that the “Atlas Lions” will play the meeting with its full stars, led by the international star Ashraf Hakimi, the player of Paris Saint -Germain, who culminated with his team with the Champions League title last season, and Ibrahim Diaz, Real Madrid player and Youssef Al -Nusairi, the Turkish player Fenerbahce, and goalkeeper Yassin Bono, the Saudi Al Hilal goalkeeper.
This match comes within the current camp program for “Al -Ahmar”, which includes playing a second friendly match against Egypt on October 12, which reflects the seriousness of the preparations led by the technical administration led by the Croatian coach Dragan Talaic, who seeks to test the capabilities of his players and raise the level of homogeneity and integration between the elements of the squad, in preparation for the upcoming official participation.
The technical staff believes that facing a team in the size of Morocco represents a golden opportunity to determine the technical and physical readiness of the players, especially in the presence of the big names in the opponent’s squad, which provides a high competitive atmosphere that contributes to preparing the team in the optimal way.
Our team is awaiting an official confrontation against Djibouti, scheduled for next November 25, as part of the qualifying stage of the group stage of the Arab Cup – FIFA, which is hosted by the Qatari capital, Doha, in December of this year.
“Al -Ahmar” hopes to achieve a positive result during the qualifiers and qualify for the group stage, to continue its strong presence in the Arab and international championships, taking advantage of the technical momentum experienced by the team at the present time, and the strong experience that he is playing in front of teams from the first row continental and international.