morocco world cup 2022

Morocco World Cup 2022 squad: The final 26-man team

• GK: Yassine Bounou (Sevilla)
• GK: Munir El Kajoui (Al Wehda)
• GK: Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (Wydad Casablanca)
• DF: Nayef Aguerd (West Ham United)
• DF: Yahia Attiat Allah (Wydad Casablanca)
• DF: Badr Benoun (Qatar SC)
• DF: Achraf Dari (Stade Brest)
• DF: Jawad El Yamiq (Real Valladolid)
• DF: Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)
• DF: Noussair Mazraoui (Bayern Munich)
• DF: Romain Saiss (Besiktas)
• MF: Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina)
• MF: Selim Amallah (Standard Liege)
• MF: Bilal El Khannouss (Racing Genk)
• MF: Yahya Jabrane (Wydad Casablanca)
• MF: Azzedine Ounahi (Angers)
• MF: Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria)
• FW: Zakaria Aboukhlal (Toulouse)
• FW: Soufiane Boufal (Angers)
• FW: Ilias Chair (Queens Park Rangers)
• FW: Walid Cheddira (Bari)
• FW: Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla)
• FW: Abde Ezzalzouli (Osasuna)
• FW: Abderrazak Hamdallah (Al Ittihad)
• FW: Amine Harit (Olympique Marseille)
• FW: Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea)

Morocco reached the World Cup 2022 semi-finals following a surprising victory against Spain in the last sixteen and Portugal in the quarter-finals, making them the first African team to do so.

Few soccer fans would have predicted that the North African country stood a good chance of making it in their group, considering that it also included European royalty in the form of Croatia and Belgium. Nonetheless, a string of cussed and medical presentations propelled Morocco to second place. Following a scoreless draw with the former, the Atlas Lions defeated Belgium 2-zero sooner than reserving their place within the last sixteen with a victory over Canada.

Their impressive defensive performances (Morocco surrendered only once within the institution stage) have carried over into the knockouts. Spain was held to a stalemate for a hundred and twenty minutes. Morocco was expected to break apart as soon as the repercussions began, but they kept their nerve. A 3-zero victory in the shootout sent them to their first-ever World Cup quarter-final.

In the quarter-finals, a strong defensive display saw them defeat Portugal 1-zero to seal their place in the last four.

The most obvious weakness of the aspect is dreaming at the other end of the field. Despite the fact that their top player is an attacker - Hakim Ziyech - they have only controlled 5 movements in 5 games, with one of these coming against a negative Canada side.