Morocco qualified for the 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup, after beating DR Congo 4-1 in the second leg.
FIFA set the first classification of 32 countries in 4 pots, placing Morocco in the 3rd pot, alongside Senegal, Iran, Japan, Serbia, Poland, and South Korea, in addition to Canada or Tunisia.
Former football player with national team Mustapha Bidoudane told Hespress EN in a statement that FIFA’s first classification is proof of Morocco’s good performance, after playing all games with no loss.
“FIFA doesn’t make a difference between countries, whatever it is the next opponent, the national team must be ready to compete with full preparation,” he said.
Bidoudane further stated that the qualification of the Atlas Lions is well deserved, especially since we were worried about the second leg with an opponent that is “stubborn.”
“The national team has shown a high-level performance with full focus in this historic qualifier game,” he said, adding, “a bright and promising future awaits those players to achieve more success in their career.”
Bidoudane also stated that almost 8 months left for the upcoming games,
and it is still unknown whether national coach Vahid Halilhodzic will stay or give up on his position.
Former defender said most Moroccan people manifested their dissatisfaction, calling on for the dismissal of Halilhodzic from his position no matter what results.
According to him, the national coach did wrong moves on repeat in terms of choices and plans in the previous games.
As for the upcoming games, Bidoudane said the national team can probably qualify after the first round since according to him most of the players are still young and have little experience.
“But we cannot deny that a bright future awaits them,” he continued, hoping that international players Hakim Ziyech and Noussair Mazraoui rejoin the national team in the upcoming games.
Both international players were not part of recent sporting events because of tensions with the national coach. Even though he recently invited them to be part of Morocco-DR Congo’s game, they rejected the invite.
The upcoming FIFA World Cup games will take place later this year November/December in Qatar.
The countdown has begun to find out the national team’s upcoming Group opponents this Friday.
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