Morocco lineup vs. Canada: Predicted XI for World Cup 2026 last 16 after Chadi Riad injury update

Morocco centre-back Chadi Riad is connected people to retrieve from an wounded scare successful clip for Saturday's World Cup 2026 last-16 clash with Canada successful Houston.

The Crystal Palace defender was substituted successful the 2nd fractional of the last-32 triumph implicit the Netherlands due to a knock, though helium returned to afloat grooming connected Wednesday and is expected to marque the chopped here.

Already missing cardinal fig Nayef Aguerd, Morocco boss Mohamed Ouahbi has Mechelen's Redouane Halhal and the now-unemployed Marwane Saadane arsenic his lone different out-and-out centre-half options, but Riad is anticipated to commencement barring a precocious setback.

The 23-year-old is poised to articulation caller nationalist squad leader Issa Diop - scorer of Morocco's precocious leveller against the Netherlands - successful the bosom of defence, portion Achraf Hakimi and Noussair Mazraoui implicit an untouched backline.

All eyes volition erstwhile again beryllium connected Ayyoub Bouaddi alongside Neil El Aynaoui - whose punishment miss successful the past 32 did not beryllium costly - successful the treble pivot, which functions somewhat down the astir precocious midfielder Azzedine Ounahi.

The second should proceed alongside Brahim Diaz and Bilal El Khannouss successful enactment of Ismael Saibari, whose determination to Bayern Munich was confirmed the time aft Morocco reached the past 16.

Morocco imaginable starting lineup:

Bono; Hakimi, Diop, Riad, Mazraoui; El Aynaoui, Bouaddi; Diaz, Ounahi, El Khannouss; Saibari

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