Moroccan coach invites 23 for tie against CAR – The coach of the Moroccan national soccer team, Belgian Eric Gerets, has invited 23 players to camp for the African Nations qualifier against the Central African Republic (CAR).

The encounter, scheduled to take place in Bangui, the capital of CAR, on 4 September, is one of the qualifiers for the African Nations Cup finals in 2012, to be jointly hosted in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

Following is the list of invited players:

Goalkeepers: -- Nadir Lamyaghri (Wydad Casablanca), Issam Badda (FUS Rabat), and Ahmed Mohammedina (Olympique Khouribga).

Defenders: -- Rachid Soulaimani (Raja Casablanca), Mustapha Mrani (Moghreb Fès), Mehdi Benatia (Udinese/Italy), Youssef Rabeh (Wydad Casablanca), Micheal Basser (AS Nancy/France), Ayoub El Khaliqi (Wydad Casablanca), Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (Montpellier/France), and Badr El Kaddouri (Dinamo Kiev/Russia)

Midfielders: -- Houcine Kharja (Fiorentina/Italy), Mohamed Chihani (Al Arabi/Qatar), Said Fettah (Wydad Casablanca), Ismail Aissati (Ajax Amsterdam/Netherlands), Mbarek Boussoufa (Anzi Makhachkala/Russia), Younes Belhanda (Montpellier/France), Oussama As-Saidi (Heerenveen/Netherlands), Mohamed Berrabeh (Wydad Casablanca), and Youssef Hadji (AS Nancy-Lorraine/France).

Strikers: -- Mounir Hamdaoui (Ajax Amsterdam/Netherlands), Youssef El Arabi (Hilal/Saudi Arabia), and Yassine Salhi (Raja Casablanca).

Pana 25/08/2011