Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
After the Atlas Lions football team finished fourth in the recent World Cup in Qatar, the number of players who choose to venture with the Moroccan national team is increasing. Indeed, many players in Belgium of Moroccan origin chose to play for the Moroccan national team, after some of them sought in the past to play in the ranks of the Belgian national teams, including Aflini, Shazly and others.
According to media reports in Brussels, there is a huge pool of potential talent in Belgium. There are many players of Moroccan origin who play in Belgian under-age clubs. Among them was Bilal Al-Khanous, who was so content to play for Morocco, Belgium was disappointed.
According to local media, Morocco has succeeded in convincing three other players to choose the Atlas Lions and not look forward to a future with the Red Devils.
Of them, 17-year-old midfielder Anas Tagwart, who is already making his debut with Anderlecht's promising future team, chose Morocco. His colleague Ali Moamar (17), who also played in Anderlecht's future team, also made the same choice. They are not the only players who have made such a choice, because Faycal Meziani has also made a choice for Morocco. Therefore, the 18-year-old Genk defender, who often plays for Genk youth, left Belgium behind. He previously played for the Red Devils youth teams, Belgium.