(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Rabat - The Morocco football team manager Hervé Renard has called up 26 players for the decisive game against Cote d'Ivoire on November 11. The two teams will clash in in the Félix Houphouët Boigny stadium in Abidjan. What is at stake is Group C's ticket to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The Moroccan squad will be seeking a draw or victory to book a place in the world finals for the first time since its last appearance in the 1998 World Cup in France. The list of the 26 players called up by Renard saw some few but significant changes. Two rising stars will join the Atlas Lions in its trip to Abidjan. Achraf Bencherki, the brilliant Wydad center forward, has not made Renard indifferent especially after his last two great performances against USM Alger and the Egyptian team of the Al Ahly in the CAF Champions League. Against USMA, Bencherki lead his team to qualify for the final, scoring two goals and giving an assist. Against Al Ahly, he scored the equalizer, giving hope to thousands of fans of the Casablanca team to win the title for the first time in 25 years. Soufiane Amrabat, Feyenoord Rotterdam's rising midfielder, will join his older brother Noredin in hopes of booking a ticket to the World Cup with the rest of their teammates. The performances of the younger Amrabat have made the Dutch football federation rush in attempt to convince to represent Holland instead of Morocco. However, his older brother insisted that Soufiane will only play for Morocco. Soufiane previously represented the Moroccan U20 and U18 teams. In addition to these two, Soufiane Boufal will be making his comeback. The talented Southampton winger is in better shape especially after the wonder goal he scored against West Brom a few days ago. Here is the list of the the 26 players selected by Renard to face the Elephants on November 11: Goalkeepers: Mounir El Kajoui Yassine Bounou Ahmad Reda Tagnaouti Defenders: Mehdi Benatia Ghanem Saiss Jawad El Yamiq Achraf Hakimi Nabil Dirar Walid El Hajjam Hamza Mendyl Fouad Chafik Badr Banoun Midfielders: Karim El Ahmadi Younes Belhanda Hakim Ziyech Noureddine Amrabat M'barek Boussoufa Amine Harit Fayçal Fajr Attackers: Soufiane Boufal Ismail El Haddad Soufiane Amrabat Mimoun Mahi Rachid Allioui Khalid Boutaib Achraf Bencharki"
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