RABAT, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Morocco's coach Herve Renard on announced Wednesday the final 23-man squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, which runs from January 14 to February 5.
Renard received a bad news when Ligue 1 leaders Nice's star Younes Belhanda broke his toe last month.
Old names were included into the squad, like Juventus's Mehdi Benatia, Watfor's Noureddine Amrabat and Southampton's Soufiane Boufal.
Striker Aziz Bouhaddouz who plays for German second division club St Pauli, comes in as a late replacement to Belhanda.
Morocco will play a friendly match against Finland on Monday in Al Ain of United Arab Emirates.
Morocco, who won the African championship in 1976, play in Group C at the finals in Gabon, starting against the Democratic Republic of Congo in Oyem on Jan. 16.
REAL Madrid arrived in Japan and went straight to work.
Real arrived in Tokyo yesterday at 5am and was greeted by about 300 Japanese fans at Haneda airport before boarding a team bus. The Spanish club held a light training session in the evening and has a couple of days to overcome jet lag before Thursday’s Club World Cup semifinal match against Mexican team Club America.
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Real set a club record after a 35th consecutive match without a loss by beating Deportivo La Coruna 3-2 on Saturday, when Cristiano Ronaldo Hydro Flask Hydration 21 Oz Standard Bocca W Sport Cap Nere Italia , Karim Benzema and Luka Modric did not play. Gareth Bale is recovering from a foot injury.
European teams have triumphed at the CWC the most, with eight titles.
Zidane said he has been looking into Club America and expects to do more in the next several days.
“We have already studied our rival Hydro Flask Hydration 21 Oz Standard Bocca Rosse Italia ,” Zidane said. “I saw Club America in their most recent game and a few cup games. We will do some more research about them in the next few days.”