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Morocco World
28-05-2025
- Sport
- Morocco World
Amine Adli Reflects on His Mother's Loss
Moroccan international Amine Adli has opened up about the death of his mother and how the national team helped him cope during a deeply personal tragedy. The Bayer Leverkusen winger, who has not been called up for Morocco's friendlies against Benin and Tunisia, said he had just returned from a holiday with his mother in Dubai when disaster struck. 'I had joined the national team for AFCON preparations, then got a call from my sister—my mother was ill. I flew to France immediately. Four days later, she passed away. It was sudden and hard to accept,' he told Instant Foot . Adli said the Moroccan Football Federation arranged for her body to be flown to Meknes for burial. 'Fouzi Lekjaa made that happen. A private jet, everything arranged. I haven't forgotten it.' He also mentioned the reaction from head coach Walid Regragui. 'He told me, 'If you want to come to AFCON, come. If not, no pressure.' That sort of response mattered. It wasn't a football conversation.' Adli said it was this kind of treatment that made him feel part of something larger than sport. 'It felt like being around people who cared about more than matches and goals.' His absence from the current squad is not linked to any fallout. Regragui said during the press conference to announce the squad list that the door remains open and Adli should continue working hard to earn a call-up to the national team again. Tags: Amine adliFouzi LekjaaFRMFMoroccoWalid Regragui
Reuters
22-02-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Leverkusen ease past Kiel to cut Bayern's lead to five points
KIEL, Germany, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Reigning champions Bayer Leverkusen eased past struggling Holstein Kiel 2-0 with a goal and an assist from Amine Adli in the Bundesliga on Saturday to close the gap on leaders Bayern Munich to five points. The win earned Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso a new all-time league record, his 28th consecutive away game in the league without defeat, more than any other coach in Bundesliga history. It was one-way traffic from the start and Leverkusen, who face Bayern in the Champions League Round of 16, took the lead through Patrik Schick when he volleyed in a superb Amine Adli cross at the far post in the ninth minute. Morocco international Adli, who only returned to action last week following a leg fracture in October, scored on the stroke of halftime, chipping the ball over Kiel keeper Timon Weiner after good early work from Wirtz, who also went close twice late in the second half. Leverkusen are second on 50 points, with Bayern in top spot on 55 and hosting Eintracht Frankfurt, third on 42, on Sunday.
