Morocco adds and continues. A task of recruiting talent that is strengthened list by list. The last one reached a planetary character. The reason is well known: Brahim Díaz as the headliner. He will be from now on in the Atlas Lions. But it was not the only triumph of the Moroccan Federation in its work of conviction. Nor is he the only one with Real Madrid blood. The eyes fall on Achraf Hakimi, but it is another winger, left in this case, our protagonist: Youssef Enríquez Lekhedim. Yusi, in other words, as everyone knows him. In the middle of the afternoon he saw how a cruel penalty shootout in Milan (4-3, after tying 1-1) left his Madrid, Arbeloa’s, without the Youth League. At 9:00 p.m., his name appeared, for the first time, among those chosen by Walid Regragui. His ‘signing’ is not new like Brahim’s, but the absolute nature of the call.
We are talking about one of the sharpest sides of La Fábrica. A three with a very long journey that, under the protection of Arbeloa, has enhanced his football. Fundamental in the construction thanks to his good foot, although it is with the field ahead when his speed and wonderful left-footed center gain resonance. However, despite being born in Madrid and having been international with Spain from the U-15 to the U-18 (he played in the U-17 European Championship with La Rojita in 2022, without going any further), last summer he decided to join his international future to Morocco. From the RFEF he was a diamond treated with care, chiseled with signs of continuing to grow in future categories. But the Moroccan Federation made an appearance, sponsored by the Madridista’s maternal roots.
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An attractive sports project, which began with a direct jump to a U-20 team that he enjoyed instantly. Siren songs coming from North Africa that were confirmed when, before reaching the age of majority, he was called up during the September, October and November breaks. Five complete games under the command of Mohamed Ouahbi, while he shone in Real Madrid’s Juvenil A and was protected by the white entity until 2028. Springboard to the definitive leap, the next step in the Moroccan ‘recruitment’ task. The absolute. In a list of 24 players, for the matches that Walid Regragui’s men will play on March 22 (Angola) and 26 (Mauritania), one of the eight defenders has been Yusi. From Real Madrid’s Juvenil A to the last semi-finalist of a World Cup.
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Up to four more players have decided in recent years to play for Morocco, despite also being eligible for Spain. The Madrid player was the last, but not the only one.
Brahim and Achraf are not the only ones
Yusi is nothing more than another example of Morocco’s very powerful commitment to its national team. The best example is the last World Cup, where 16 of the footballers who reached the surprising semi-final were born outside Moroccan territory. A work of scrutinizing its roots to, after the fact, begin to break stones. This is how Brahim has arrived, in whose recruitment Regragui has been key, who even visited him in Milan before returning to Madrid. Also various federative entities, headed by Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the FRMF. So did Achraf, who at 25 years old has already accumulated 72 caps with a Moroccan team that he opted for instead of a Spanish team that he had defended in the U-19. And Ez Abde. And Munir. Or a Salim El Jebari, one of the jewels of the Atleti youth team, who resigned from the Spanish U-19 to enlist in Morocco for the future. Much parallel case to Brahim. One of them, Yusi, in La Fábrica.
2024-03-16 10:01:33
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