9 names in the Moroccan national team’s attack: Is Al -Rakraki considered an alternative plan?

The stars of the offensive line on the final list of the Moroccan national football team are called for the training camp, which begins next Monday at the Mohammed VI Center in Rabat, in preparation for the Niger and Tanzania matches on March 21 and 25 March, on the honorary stadium in Oujda, east of the Kingdom, for the fifth and sixth rounds of the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, scheduled to be held in the states United American, Canada and Mexico.

The final list, announced by the coach of the Atlas Lions team, Walid al -Rakraki (49 years), on Friday included nine attackers for the first time, and the matter is related to: Shams al -Din al -Talbi (Klopp Bruges), Hamza Ighan (Rangers of Scottish), Sufyan Rahimi (Al -Ain Al -Emirati), Youssef Al -Nusairi (Fenerbakha Al -Turki), Osama Sahraoui (Lille French), Abdel Samad Al -Zalzouli (Real Betis), Ibrahim Diaz (Real Madrid) and Amin Adly (Bayer Leverkusen, German). On the other hand, the middle of the stadium was limited to only six names, after Ryan Balada, Prince Richardson and Osama Al -Azouzi, respectively, were excluded in clubs: Lazio, Fiorentina and Bologna in Italy.

According to a source from the technical staff of the Moroccan national team, to Al -Arabi Al -Jadeed today, Saturday, who refused to mention his name, the abundance of the attackers who are active in various European leagues, and their emergence in several matches imposed on coach Walid Al -Rakraki expanding the base of his options at the level of the offensive line, so that he can follow a number of names closely, before making a final decision regarding their continuation with the Atlas Lions team in the upcoming entitlements.

The source added: “It seems that the coach, Walid Al -Rakraki, decided to focus on the offensive line in order to choose the best in this center, before the start of the African Championship competitions hosted by the Kingdom during the period between December 21 and January 18, 2026, as he tends to change his plan through betting more on the attack in the hope of exploiting opportunities, and scoring the largest number of goals during the African Nations Championship, as long as it is held on the ground.”

Despite the invitation to nine names in the offensive line to fight the Niger and Tanzania meetings, coach Walid Al -Rakraki is watching other professionals, he opened the door for them to participate in the African Nations Cup, and it is related to the star of the Qatari club Al -Duhail, Hakim Ziyash (31 years old), and the newcomer to the Spanish club Athleic Bilbao Marwan Sadni (24 years), and the scorer of the Dinamo club Moscow Mahdi (23 General), the French star Nice, Sufyan Diop, 24, and the star of the Belgian San Gilwais, Sufyan Boufal (30 years old), in addition to the talent of the Spanish club Villarreal Elias Akhomash (20 years).