By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau
Chelsea Football Club’s attacking midfielder, Hakim Ziyech has been sensationally dropped as Head Coach of Morocco national senior team, Vahid Halilodzic announced the Atlas Lions squad that will compete in the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021.
Accordingly, the Bosnian coach decided to give a debut call to Barcelona forward Abdessamad Ezzalzouli, after he recently excelled with the Catalan side.
The most notable absentees aside Ziyech are Ajax defender, Noussair Mazraoui and Egypt- based duo Badr Benoun and Achraf Bencharki who were part of the Morocco side in the recently concluded FIFA Arab Cup in Qatar.
Morocco will play in TotalEnergies AFCON Group C alongside Ghana, Gabon and Comoros.
Full Squad
Goalkeepers:
Yassine Bounou (Sevilla, Spain), Mounir Mohamedi (Hatayspor, Turkey), Anas Zniti (Raja)
Defenders:
Romain Saiss (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), Nayef Aguerd (Stade Rennes, France), Sofiane Chakla (OH Leuven, Belgium), Sami Mmaee (Ferencvaros, Hungary), Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Sofiane Alakouche (Metz, France), Sofiane El Karouani (NEC Nijmegen, Netherlands), Adam Masina (Watford, England)
Midfielders:
Sofiane Amrabat (Fiorentina, Italy), Ayman Barkok (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany), Faycal Fajr (Sevaspor, Turkey), Imran Loza (Watford, England), Ilias Chair (Queens Park Rangers, England), Selim Amallah (Standard Liege, Belgium), Azzedine Ounahi (Angers, France)
Forwards:
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Barcelona, Spain), Munir El Haddadi (Sevilla, Spain), Zakaria Aboukhlal (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands), Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla, Spain), Ayoub El Kaabi (Wydad), Sofiane Boufal (Angers, France), Ryan Mmaee (Ferencvaros, Hungary)
