{"id":31032,"date":"2021-12-23T12:56:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T12:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=31032"},"modified":"2021-12-23T17:16:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T17:16:22","slug":"hakim-ziyech-misses-out-on-morocco-afcon-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/hakim-ziyech-misses-out-on-morocco-afcon-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakim Ziyech misses out on Morocco Afcon Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Morocco Head Coach Vahid Halilhod\u017ei\u0107 has announced his squad for the AFCON in January which excludes Chelsea star Hakim Ziyech.<\/strong><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nAjax\u2019s Noussair Mazraoui and Hakim Ziyech who had a bit of a scuffle with the manager both miss out of the tourney<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old was in fine form for Chelsea in pre-season and appeared to be finding his feet before a shoulder injury that halted his start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>His national team manager launched an attack on his character.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<em>\u201cHe hasn\u2019t been disciplined in the last two rallies and has refrained from training. He didn\u2019t look like a player from a national team fighting to qualify for the World Cup.&#8221;<\/em> said the manager.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>For the first time in my coaching career, I saw a national team player who doesn\u2019t want to train and claims to be injured, although tests have shown he can play. I won\u2019t tolerate it. Not this behavior as long as I coach Morocco.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The midfielder has appeared in several games for Chelsea after recovering from the shoulder injury<\/p>\n<p>The Atlas Lions are drawn in Ghana\u2019s group C.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morocco Head Coach Vahid Halilhod\u017ei\u0107 has announced his squad for the AFCON in January which excludes Chelsea star Hakim Ziyech. Ajax\u2019s Noussair Mazraoui and Hakim Ziyech who had a bit of a scuffle with the manager both miss out of the tourney The 27-year-old was in fine form for Chelsea in pre-season and appeared to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9594,859],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-caf-u20-afcon","8":"category-ghana-premier-league"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FA0603BB-E1C5-4DE0-B094-DBD1B086B29F.jpeg?fit=890%2C593&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-84w","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31356,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/hakim-ziyech-retires-from-international-football\/","url_meta":{"origin":31032,"position":0},"title":"Hakim Ziyech retires from International Football","author":"Selasi Fiawoyi","date":"February 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Chelsea and Morocco forward, Hakim Ziyech has announced his retirement from international football. 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