Walid Regragui lined up in defense of the PSG winger as he announced the player list for the match against the Brazilian team
Friend of MbappeFrench mate and Neymar to the Paris Saint-Germain and named best right-back in the world, Ashraf Hakimi will be friendly with the Brazil, on March 25, in Tangier, despite being accused of rape in Paris. The player is in the team’s selection list Morocco released this Monday by the technician Walid Regragui.
Hakimi, 24, was accused of rape by a young woman of the same age in February at her home in Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburb of Paris. The player is prohibited from contacting the girl, but he can leave France and, therefore, will face Brazil on the 25th in Tangier, and also Peru on the 28th in Madrid.
The Moroccan coach was questioned a lot after revealing the presence of the right-back in the squad for the friendly and came out in defense of his player, showing affection for Hakimi and saying that one cannot make prejudices.
“I talked to Ashraf. I usually talk to him like I do with all my players. He’s calm, that’s the most important thing,” said Regragui. “We are with him. There is the presumption of innocence. Until proven otherwise, we and all Moroccans support Achraf. We support him. He has to think about football first and people will take care of these things for him,” he said.
According to the coach, Hakimi’s entry into the field will help improve his astral after the accusations. “We are wholeheartedly with him. I think it will do him good to return to Morocco, to feel the support. He is a strong person on and off the pitch,” Regragui assessed.
Great surprise of the World Cup, in which it finished in fourth place, leaving Spain and Portugal by the wayside until losing in the semifinals against France and in the dispute for third place with Croatia, Morocco will return to the field for the first time to demonstrate that his good performance in Qatar was a coincidence. Playing a good role against a renewed Brazilian team is the goal at the start of the year.
Source: Terra
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