The central Chad Riyadhwho are playing this season at Real Betis on loan from FC Barcelona, made his debut this Thursday with the senior team of Morocco in a friendly match Sierra Leone (3-1), final preparation before starting the Africa Cup. Chadi Riad started this match, played behind closed doors at the Stade Auguste-Denise in San-Pedro in the Ivory Coast.
Sierra Leone scored the first goal of the match thanks to a goal from Abu Komeh Musa in the 10th minute. Half an hour into the game, Sevilla’s En-Nesyri scored the equalizer and five later, Boufal – now of Al-Rayyan Qatar – signed the second. Then, in the 55th minute, En-Nesyri closed the score with his second goal.
Last March, Chadi Riad was called up by the Moroccan senior team for friendlies against Brazil and Peru, but he did not make his debut. In July, Chad won the U23 Africa Cup with the Moroccan team, which qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, after defeating Egypt in the final.
Next Wednesday, January 17, Morocco will debut in the African Cup against Tanzania. Four days later, they face DR Congo and close the group stage on Wednesday the 24th against Zambia.
Real Betis have the option to exercise a purchase option of 3 million euros for 50% of Chadi Riad’s transfer at the end of this season, although FC Barcelona have reserved the option to repurchase that percentage for 7 million. that you can use this coming summer or the following.
Source: La Verdad
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