The week in sport is dedicated to national teams as the international break continues. In this case, Morocco play a friendly against Ecuador at 4:15 PM ET at Riyadh Air Metropolitano, Atletico Madrid’s stadium.
Morocco have been in the headlines lately because of a huge scandal around the Africa Cup of Nations, which they lost in the final to Senegal. However, the Confederation of African Football gave them the title after they appealed because their rival had abandoned the field.
Ecuador were the most solid team in the South American qualifiers, allowing the fewest goals with five in 18 matches. That put them in second place in the standings and secured qualification comfortably.
Morocco vs Ecuador lineups
Mohamed Ouahbi set this lineup in his first match as manager after Walid Regragui’s firing: Yassine Bounou; Achraf Hakimi, Issa Diop, Chadi Riad, Noussair Mazraoui; Azzedine Ounahi, Neill El Aynaoui, Mohamed Hrimat, Ismael Saibari; Brahim Diaz, Abde Ezzalzouli.
Ouahbi replaced Regragui as Morocco’s manager (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images for UEFA)
Sebastián Beccacece set this lineup: Hernán Galíndez; Alan Franco, Joel Ordóñez, Willian Pacho, Piero Hincapié; Moisés Caicedo, Pedro Vite; John Yeboah, Gonzalo Plata, Alan Minda; Enner Valencia.
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Morocco and Ecuador groups in the World Cup
These teams have good expectations for the World Cup, where they will be in the following groups: Morocco are in Group C with Brazil, Scotland and Haiti, while Ecuador are in Group E with Ivory Coast, Curaçao and Germany.
