Halilhodzic disappointed by Atlas Lions' performance after match against Libya

Jean-Paul Pelissier / Reuters

Having opened the scoring in the 20th minute thanks to a goal by Jaouad Yamiq, defender at the Italian club Genoa CFC, Morocco has lined up following the goal of Libyan Sanad El Ouarfali, playing in Raja Casablanca, which equalizes for in the 42nd minute.

Following the meeting, the new coach did not hide his disappointment. "There is still a lot of work to do to rebuild the team," he told the microphone of the first national channel Al Aoula.

"We are disappointed with this result, we really wanted to win to please the many public of the stage of honor of Oujda which supported us a lot, in a phenomenal atmosphere", he insisted, during a statement to the press after the match relayed by the MAP, believing that "much remains to be improved" in the National Eleven.

"We could have won if Rachid Alioui had transformed his opportunity in the last minutes, but we must be content with that," he regretted, greeting the passage of the performance of the Libyan selection. "It's a surprising team with a lot of technical skills, especially in counter-attack," he said.

"We are completely rebuilding a team, we must create automatisms and work more on the control of the game, especially in the passes," said the national coach, noting that a "positive momentum is taking hold in place ", but that it takes, in order to concretise it," time to have results ".

The next friendly Atlas Lions game will be held Tuesday, October 15 against Gabon at the Grand Stade Tangier. The opportunity to catch up.