Canceling the meeting between Morocco and El Salvador

The President of the El Salvador Football Federation, Yamil Bukele, announced that his country's national team had received an official correspondence from the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, stating that the Moroccan national team would not be able to play the friendly match scheduled between the two sides on June 3 in the American state of Maryland.

Bukele explained, through his account on the “X” platform, that the Moroccan side informed its Salvadoran counterpart of the unavailability of all its international players starting May 29, due to their commitments with their clubs, which prevented the match from playing as planned.

On the other hand, the Moroccan League offered to hold the match on June 2 in Morocco, while bearing all transportation and accommodation expenses for the El Salvador team, in a move that reflects the desire of the “Lions” to keep this confrontation within the preparations program.

Although he welcomed the Moroccan initiative, the President of the El Salvador Federation indicated that his country's national team would not be able to travel to Morocco, explaining that FIFA laws prohibit playing matches on two different continents during the same international break period, in addition to the El Salvador national team's commitment to a prior program that includes two friendly matches during the aforementioned period.

The same official acknowledged that facing the Moroccan national team was one of the priorities of the El Salvador Football Federation, but organizational constraints prevented it from being held, so it was officially canceled by both parties.

It is noteworthy that the Moroccan national team has pre-planned a friendly match against the Norwegian national team on Sunday, June 7, on the grounds of “Sports Illustrated” Stadium (formerly Red Bull Arena) in Harrison, New Jersey, United States of America.