Since the 1986 World Cup, The African powerhouse Morocco has fallen into a long period of sinking, until 26 years later, they returned to the World Cup finals, due to the rapid change of modern football, although they have 5 previous participation experience, but they have been eliminated 4 times, the only time they qualified did not cross the 16 strong barrier, so it can be regarded as a new World Cup army. It is reasonable to say that Morocco's return to the World Cup and its strong performance is a happy thing, and their World Cup prospects are also worth looking forward to. However, the World Cup foreign war was not played, but the Moroccan national team was the first to fight, it is worth mentioning that this is the first infighting team in the Qatar World Cup finals.
The focus of the conflict is the 70-year-old Moroccan coach Halihović and the three stars Ziyeh, Mazrawi and Hamed. In the first two stages of the World Cup African qualifiers, Halihović refused to call up three stars, which led to further tension between the two sides. Later, for the sake of the overall situation of the national team qualifying, Halihović re-recruited the top 3 stars, hoping that they would participate in the play-offs. However, the 3 stars refused to play for Halihovic, and the contradictions between the two sides have reached an irreconcilable point. In response to this embarrassing situation, the Moroccan Football Association seems to be more inclined to the players, which makes Halihović very dissatisfied.
Previously, Ziyeh had publicly stated that as long as Halihović was still coaching the national team, he would not fight for the country. The Moroccan Football Association clearly believes that the key to whether the team can make history in the World Cup is not coach Halihović, but whether the best players can return to the team. Therefore, in the next period of time, if Halihović and the three players cannot reach a reconciliation, then it is not impossible for the Moroccan Football Association to change the coach. Of course, there are still more than half a year before the World Cup, and the Moroccan Football Association has a lot of time to find a replacement, but only time can tell us the answer.
It is worth mentioning that under the leadership of Halihović, Morocco has performed prominently in this qualifier, with an impressive record of 7 wins and 1 draw in 8 matches, and only 3 goals conceded. Morocco is already the best performing team, at least in Africa, and perhaps in the next Africa Cup of Nations, they will be able to compete with Senegal and Egypt. As Morocco's number one star, Ziyech played for Ajax in his early years, joined Chelsea last season, struggled, and is in slightly better form this season, but still has not fully adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League.
Now it seems that a major factor restricting Ziyech's career development is his temper and personality, and it is indeed very undeserved to be carried away by personal grievances on such a big issue as the prospects of the national team. Mazlawi is also a star trained by Ajax, and is currently the goal of Barcelona and Bayern, and the future development prospects are bright, but his refusal to play for the country is still debatable. Hamed, a 31-year-old veteran, played for R&F in the Chinese Super League in the early years and won the Norwegian League Silver Boot Award. In this World Cup, Morocco and Belgium, Croatia and Canada are in the same group, and the prospect of qualifying is not optimistic.