The U17 national team, leaving this Saturday at 10 a.m. for Morocco to play the CAN 2021 has still not obtained the authorizations to enter the territory of the Cherifian territory. A few hours before departure from Algiers, the plane to transport the Algerian delegation has still not obtained clearance to land on Moroccan soil. False health precautions or real psychological warfare, who knows?
What is Morocco playing? There is reason to ask questions from the moment when the U17 delegation which should normally take the plane this Saturday at 10 am to Morocco has still not obtained the necessary authorizations to enter the territory. sheriffian.
Officially, Algeria would be one of the countries “blacklisted” by the Moroccan Kingdom for health reasons on the same basis as Egypt. All aircraft departing from Algiers must be subject to user permits, Moroccan airspace being closed. Nothing abnormal so far.
Except that Morocco is the host country for the 2021 U17 CAN, which kick-off is set for March 13. In the host country, it should normally automatically issue the authorizations necessary for qualified selections, according to a protocol of use.
Except a few hours before the national team’s flight, clearances have still not been issued and the FAF still does not know whether the Algerian team will be able to fly on time or not. Initially, Mohamed Lacete’s charges were to go to Casablanca on March 9, but the departure date was brought forward to March 6 to play two preparatory friendlies against Côte d’Ivoire (March 7) then Zambia (on March 7). March 10).
One therefore wonders if this intransigence shown by Morocco is valid for all other African teams, or only concerns Algeria. Especially since even Kheireddine Zetchi declared on Friday afternoon that he still did not know if he will be able to go to Morocco on March 10 to take part in the work of the elective general assembly of CAF, scheduled for 12 of the same month in Rabat. A regrettable attitude from a neighboring country, especially towards a selection of young players whose age does not exceed 16 years.
