Morocco’s national U-23 football team will play Argentina today at 2 p.m (Morocco time) in the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in St-Etienne, as part of the men’s football tournament of the Paris Olympics.
Led by coach Tarik Sektioui, the Atlas Lion Cubs are well aware of the importance of a positive start in Group B, which also features Iraq and Ukraine.
The U-23 competition allows three over-age players to participate in the competition. Among these players is the Atlas Lions’ Achraf Hakimi, who helped Morocco reach the semifinals of Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Argentina’s team includes two players that won the Qatar 2022 World Cup, current Manchester City forward Julien Alvarez and former City defender Nicolas Otamendi, According to Al Jazeera.