Regragui: “This is why Dari replaced Younis Abdel Hamid.”

Walid Regragui, coach of the first Moroccan national team, spoke about the health of defender Achraf Dari, injured during the preparation period before facing the “Lions of Eckle” and the national team of Lesotho, for the second qualifying round of the final of the 2025 African Cup.

Regragui said at the press conference following the match: “Achraf injured his ankle during the warm-up and we did not want to risk playing against him while waiting for the results of the medical tests.”

He added: “I wanted to see Achraf Dari’s performance against Lesotho, but he was not expected and got injured before the start of the match.”

It is worth noting that Ibrahim Diaz led the Moroccan national football team to a difficult victory today against the Lesotho national team (1-0), on the pitch of the Adrar stadium in Agadir, thanks to a goal he scored in stoppage time of the match. second half of the match.