Achraf Hakimi will be present for Morocco’s next two friendly matches, against Brazil (March 25 in Tangier) then Peru (March 28 in Madrid). Indicted for rape on March 3, the PSG defender is one of the players called up on Monday by coach Walid Regragui, who gave him his support.
“He’s calm, that’s the most important thing. We are with him, there is the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise, we and all Moroccans are behind Achraf, said Regragui. We are wholeheartedly with him and it will do him good to return to Morocco and feel that we support him. »
“He is a strong person on and off the pitch. He has to think about football first and there are people who will take care of these matters for him, ”he added, adding that he had spoken to the player since he was the subject of rape charges. The Parisian side is accused by a 24-year-old woman of having raped her on February 25 at his home in Boulogne-Billancourt, in the Paris suburbs. Charges he disputes.
For the next two matches, Regragui has retained the hard core of the group which shone at the World Cup in Qatar: in addition to Hakimi, Hakim Ziyech, Azzedine Ounahi, Noussair Mazraoui and Sofyan Amrabat have been called up.