Souffian El Karouani expresses happiness at being given more time with Wahbi, confirms players did everything asked of them against Niger

Moroccan international Souffian El Karouani expressed his great happiness at the trust he received from national coach Mohamed Wahbi, following his increased playing time during the match between the 'Atlas Lions' and the Niger national team.

Souffian El Karouani has gradually earned the trust of the current coaching staff led by Mohamed Wahbi after not having enough opportunities under former coach Walid Regragui.

In mixed zone statements, El Karouani said: "These are not my first minutes under the coach, as he gave me some minutes last time, but I am happy to have longer time now to show my qualities, and I hope to have more opportunities in the future."

Regarding the performance of the Moroccan national team in the match that ended with a thrashing of Niger by five goals to one, he added: "We did what we wanted; we played well and scored a lot of goals, and we applied everything we had talked about on the pitch."