Morocco To Face Serbia, Uzbekistan To Tune Up For Russia 2018 World Cup

Morocco's national football team will play friendlies against Serbia and Uzbekistan on March 23 and March 27 respectively, as part of the Atlas Lions' preparations for the Russia 2018 World Cup in June.

RABAT, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Mar, 2018 ) :Morocco's national football team will play friendlies against Serbia and Uzbekistan on March 23 and March 27 respectively, as part of the Atlas Lions' preparations for the Russia 2018 World Cup in June.

According to a statement from the Moroccan Football Federation, Morocco will face Serbia in Italy's Turin and Uzbekistan in the Moroccan city of Casablanca.

On Wednesday, Morocco's coach Herve Renard unveiled the list of 28 players who will play the friendlies.

The list includes all the Names that earned Morocco a ticket to the World Cup for the first time in 20 years. It sees the presence for the first time of Ayoub El Kaabi, the top scorer in the African Nations Cup for local players in February, Oualid El Hajjam from French Amiens sporting club, as well as Ayoub Yassine, who plays for FC Utrecht in the Netherlands.