Moroccan players score in European leagues

Naciri scores for Seville

Moroccan international striker Youssef En-Nesyri continued his strong form. On Sunday evening, he led his team Seville to victory against the Villarreal with a 2-1 scoreline. He was a star of the Moroccan team in the world cup scoring a crucial goal against Portugal.

Sevilla first scored with Rafa Mir’s shot in the 34th minute. Villarreal managed to equalize early in the second half in the minute 57.

Sevilla’s coach, Jose Luis, substituted Mir by Youssef En-Nesyri in the 58th minute. En-Nesyri succeed in scoring the winning goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time with a header.

This is the eighth goal this season in La Liga for En-Nesyri. He last scored for the Andalusian team as they won against Manchester United last Thursday in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Europa League competition (Europa League).

En-Nesyri took his tally to 51 goals in a Sevilla in 147 matches in all competitions.

Sevilla climbed to 12th place with 38 points.

Younes Belhanda scores in Turkey

The Moroccan international Younes Belhanda who plays for Turkish Football Club “Adanaspor”, helped his team in victory over Kayserispor with a score of 5-3, on Sunday, for the 31st round of the Turkish league.

Belhanda scored the third goal in the 32nd minute, the eighth for the Moroccan player during the current season in the league, during the 24 matches he has played so far, and he was also behind 5 assists.

Belhanda, the 33-year-old, is tied to a contract with Adanaspor that runs until June 30, 2024, after he moved to it from “Galatasaray”.

The ex-international player had a set of experiences in both the Ukrainian, French and German leagues previously. He was absent from the Moroccan national team during the past world cup.

Aboukhlal scores for Toulouse in French league

Moroccan international Zakaria Aboukhlal scored for his team his team Toulouse, to beat his Lorient on the 32nd round of the French league competitions.

The Moroccan striker scored the only goal of the match in the 68th minute, giving Toulouse three points, raising its score to 41 points in the 12th place in the French league.

This goal is the seventh for striker Zakaria during so far in the French league, in 31 matches he played. He was also behind five assists, while he scored 4 goals in the French cup