Zaki names squad for WC/ACN 2006 qualifications
Morocco, Sports, 5/18/2005

Moroccan team manager Badou Zaki unveiled Tuesday, the list of 24 players who will play the upcoming World cup and African Cup of Nations qualifying matches.

Speaking at a press briefing, Zaki said the Moroccan squad will play the upcoming matches to get six points and maintain the pole position.

The Moroccan side will kick off a training camp in the national soccer centre of Maamoura, close to Rabat, on May 29 to warm up for their encounter with Malawi on June 4 in Rabat. The Moroccan team will undertake another training camp June 7-14 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before flying to Nairobi to take on Kenya on June 18.

The team list does not include capital changes, as a result of the great performance of the Atlas Lions who are still unbeaten after six games, top Group 5 with a tally of 12 points ahead of Kenya (9 points in 5 matches), Tunisia (8 points in 5 matches), Guinea (8 points), Botswana (6 points), and Malawi (3 points).

The only changes are the comeback of Perugia's Defender Jamal El-Allioui, Energie Cottbus's midfielder Youssef El-Mokhtari and RC Strasbourg's Yassine Abdessadki, while Ajax Amsterdam's striker Noureddine Boukhari, Wydad Casablanca midfielder Abdelhak Ait La‰rif, Raja Casablanca midfielder Sami Tajeddine and German-based striker Abdelaziz Ahnafouf are dropped from the line-up.

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