The Moroccan Olympic team received a severe blow after reaching the semi-finals of the football competitions in the Summer Olympics. Paris 2024 Olympicsfollowing a crushing win over the United States in the quarter-finals.
The Moroccan Olympic team surpassed its counterpart US teamby four goals to nothing in the quarter-finals, to qualify for the semi-finals, where they set a date with the Spanish national team, which defeated the Japanese national team 3-0.
Coach Tariq Sektioui, the technical director of the Moroccan Olympic team, will not be able to rely on the services of the Atlas Lions’ playmaker, Bilal El Khannous, in the semi-final match against Spain.
Bilal El Khannous, the Moroccan national team midfielder, failed to avoid receiving a yellow card, and received a warning in the (57) minute, which was his second, confirming his absence from the upcoming match in the semi-final.
Bilal El Khannous received the first yellow card in the football competitions at the Paris Olympics, during the Argentina match in the first round of the group stage in minute (48).
Bilal El Khannous is one of the mainstays of the Moroccan Olympic team in the current Olympics, as he has participated as a starter in the Atlas Lions’ matches so far in 4 matches, as a starter and did not score any goals, but he made two goals against Argentina in the first round and against America in the quarter-finals.
The Moroccan national team qualified with merit and worthiness to the semi-finals of the football competitions in the Olympics, after the “Atlas Lions” managed to score four goals against the country of Uncle Sam, through Soufiane Rahimi, Ilyas Akhomach and Achraf Hakimi, while the fourth goal was scored by Mehdi Mouhoub.
When is the match between the Moroccan Olympic team and Spain in the Paris 2024 Olympics?
The match between Spain and the Moroccan national team in the semi-finals of the Paris 2024 Olympics is scheduled to take place next Monday, August 5.
The whistle will blow for the start of the match between the Moroccan national team and its Spanish counterpart at exactly 5:00 Rabat time and 7:00 Mecca time.
