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For the first time in history, the Moroccan Olympic team reached the semi-finals of the Olympic football tournament. Tarek Sektiouyi’s team faced Spain in the semi-finals, having topped Group B with six points, and corrected the United States (4-0) in the quarter-finals.
Morocco’s Olympic squad is full of Moroccan-Spanish talent, such as Real Betis winger Abdessamad Ezalzoli and Villarreal’s Ilias Ahomachi, both of whom won the 2023 Africa Under-23 Cup with Morocco. Melilla-born goalkeeper Munir El Kajoui, who played for Malaga and Numancia, was one of the great architects of the Atlas Lions’ historic performance in the Paris Olympics.
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But striker Sofian Rahimi from Saudi Arabia’s Al Ain club and Paris Saint-Germain right-back Achraf Hakimi are the most eye-catching players in Morocco’s Olympic team. The former is the top scorer of the tournament with five goals. The former Real Madrid player scored a brilliant goal in the quarter-final against the United States at the Parc des Princes, where he plays for Paris Saint-Germain.
Bilal El Kanous is a midfielder from Genk, Belgium, who played in the Qatar World Cup and was part of the Atlas Lions team at the Paris Olympics. It is a great adventure, Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid) and Sibari (PSV PSV) cannot participate due to the rejection of their clubs. Morocco will play against Spain in the semi-final of the Olympics on Monday in Marseille.
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