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The selection of Morocco, in Conakry, where it was to face Guinea, Monday, September 6, in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, is ” safe “, a Moroccan official said on Sunday after a military coup in Guinea.
Atlas Lions “Are safe and are currently in a hotel a bit far from the tension zone”an official of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Mohamed Makrouf, told AFP.
The meeting which was to oppose the national teams of Morocco and Guinea has been postponed “In order to ensure the safety and security of the players and to protect all match officials”, said at the end of the afternoon the African Football Confederation (CAF), in a press release quoted by the Moroccan press agency MAP.
The rescheduling of the match will be communicated “Later”.
Closure of all borders
“Moroccan officials are working to evacuate the team today. A plane is already at the airport for the operation ”, said Mohamed Makrouf.
Guinean special forces officers said on Sunday that they had captured the head of state Alpha Condé, taken control of Conakry and “Dissolved” the institutions.
No death was reported Sunday during this coup, despite the intense crackling of automatic weapons heard in the morning in the capital.
The head of special forces, Lieutenant-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, announced the closure of the land and air borders of this West African country plunged for months into a serious economic and political crisis.