Flying Eagles Group B rivals at this year’s U20 AFCON, Morocco, will be without two of their top stars after their French clubs refused to release them for the competition.
Abdel Hamid Ait Boudal of Amiens and Othkane Maama from Montpellier will not feature at the U20 AFCON in Egypt after their clubs did not release them.
Morocco coach Mohamed Ouabi has named three players with dual nationality including Gessime Yassine, who has impressed this season with Dunkrque with three goals and two assists.
The Flying Eagles will face Morocco on May 4 in a second Group B clash in Cairo.
Any foreign player release by their clubs to participate at the tourney is as a result of the player average or poor performance. No club will release it’s good players for such tourney.