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Key Morocco defender Abdelhamid El Kaoutari has pulled out of
his country’s selection to face Bafana Bafana in Agadir on Friday in
order to undergo a nose operation.
El Kaoutari was a league winner with French club Montpellier last year
and is seen as key to Morocco’s plans for their hosting of the 2015
African Nations Cup finals but is now in conflict with coach Rachid
Taoussi.
He complained last month when he was left out of the starting line-up for the World Cup qualifier against the Ivory Coast – after returning from a two match suspension – and now has chosen to use the 10-day break from club football to go for a small nose procedure.
Morocco will also be without striker Abderrazak Hamedallah because he has asked for time off to try and find a new club.
He plays for Aalesund in Norway where the season is near an end and is seeking to use this week to negotiate a move for himself once his contract comes to an end.
Morocco do not plan to call up replacements to their original 24-man squad. Friday’s match is to mark the opening of the new Agadir Stadium, built for Morocco’s hosting of the 2015 Nations Cup finals.
South Africa were afforded the same honour by Equatorial Guinea in 2012 when they opened the new stadium in Bata before the 2012 finals.
The South African coach at the weekend saw midfield enforcer Katlego Dikgacoi pull out because of injury.
Morocco squad
Goalkeepers: Mohamed Amsif (FC Augsburg, Germany), Yassine Bounou (Atletico Madrid, Spain), Anas Zniti (Royal Armed Forces)
Defenders: Mehdi Benatia (Roma, Italy), Zakarya Bergdich (Real Valladolid, Spain), Issam El Adoua (Levante, Spain), Zouhair Feddal (Siena, Italy), Adil Karrouchy (Raja Casablanca), Abdelatif Noussir (Maghreb Fes), Mohamed Oulhaj (Raja Casablanca)
Midfielders: Abdelaziz Barrada (Al Jazira, United Arab Emirates), Younes Belhanda (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine), Omar El Kaddouri (Torino, Italy), Abdelilah Hafidi (Raja Casablanca), Mounir Obbadi (Monaco, France), Fettah Said (Wydad Casablanca), Salahdine Saidi (Royal Armed Forces), Adil Taarabt (Fulham, England)
Forwards: Abdeslam Benjelloun (Royal Armed Forces), Mohamed Berrabah (Wydad Casablanca), Youssef El Arabi (Granada, Spain), Mounir El Hamdaoui (Malaga, Spain).
He complained last month when he was left out of the starting line-up for the World Cup qualifier against the Ivory Coast – after returning from a two match suspension – and now has chosen to use the 10-day break from club football to go for a small nose procedure.
Morocco will also be without striker Abderrazak Hamedallah because he has asked for time off to try and find a new club.
He plays for Aalesund in Norway where the season is near an end and is seeking to use this week to negotiate a move for himself once his contract comes to an end.
Morocco do not plan to call up replacements to their original 24-man squad. Friday’s match is to mark the opening of the new Agadir Stadium, built for Morocco’s hosting of the 2015 Nations Cup finals.
South Africa were afforded the same honour by Equatorial Guinea in 2012 when they opened the new stadium in Bata before the 2012 finals.
The South African coach at the weekend saw midfield enforcer Katlego Dikgacoi pull out because of injury.
Morocco squad
Goalkeepers: Mohamed Amsif (FC Augsburg, Germany), Yassine Bounou (Atletico Madrid, Spain), Anas Zniti (Royal Armed Forces)
Defenders: Mehdi Benatia (Roma, Italy), Zakarya Bergdich (Real Valladolid, Spain), Issam El Adoua (Levante, Spain), Zouhair Feddal (Siena, Italy), Adil Karrouchy (Raja Casablanca), Abdelatif Noussir (Maghreb Fes), Mohamed Oulhaj (Raja Casablanca)
Midfielders: Abdelaziz Barrada (Al Jazira, United Arab Emirates), Younes Belhanda (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine), Omar El Kaddouri (Torino, Italy), Abdelilah Hafidi (Raja Casablanca), Mounir Obbadi (Monaco, France), Fettah Said (Wydad Casablanca), Salahdine Saidi (Royal Armed Forces), Adil Taarabt (Fulham, England)
Forwards: Abdeslam Benjelloun (Royal Armed Forces), Mohamed Berrabah (Wydad Casablanca), Youssef El Arabi (Granada, Spain), Mounir El Hamdaoui (Malaga, Spain).
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