{"id":68012,"date":"2026-08-08T21:07:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/68012\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:07:22","slug":"an-unexpected-crisis-threatens-raja-casablanca-ahead-of-the-valencia-clash-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/68012\/","title":{"rendered":"An unexpected crisis threatens Raja Casablanca ahead of the Valencia clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raja coach Nasreddine Nabi has been dealt an unexpected blow just days before an anticipated friendly against Valencia. The Tunisian&#8217;s trip to Spain is now at risk of cancellation after delays in issuing travel visas for players and members of the technical and administrative staff.<\/p>\n<p>According to Moroccan website <a href=\"https:\/\/ar.sport.le360.ma\/football\/TU7BM3W6GNGBFKGCOJXHUUHPIQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;Le360 Sport&#8221;<\/a>, the Raja administration is racing against time to find a swift solution. The failure to complete the administrative procedures tied to the visas has placed the team&#8217;s preparatory programme before an unexpected test.<\/p>\n<p>Raja had scheduled their delegation to travel to Spain next Thursday to face Valencia, part of the second phase of their preparations for the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Those procedures remain incomplete, which threatens to scrap the trip entirely and drop the Valencia fixture from the programme should the delegation fail to obtain the necessary documents in time.<\/p>\n<p>Officials hope the visas arrive within the coming hours so the team can stick to the set travel date and play a match the technical staff rate highly, viewing it as a stern test against a high-level European opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Nabi awaits resolution of the crisis<\/p>\n<p>The visa crisis lands at a sensitive time for Nabi, who is still putting the finishing touches to Raja&#8217;s preparations and wants to squeeze value from every scheduled friendly to assess his players&#8217; readiness.<\/p>\n<p>Valencia offer the Tunisian an important chance to test his group against a strong European side, especially with his aim of building as much harmony as possible between the old and new faces before official competitions begin.<\/p>\n<p>Losing the trip to Spain would disrupt Nabi&#8217;s calculations. The match falls within the second phase of the preparatory programme, which is meant to raise the level of competition and pit the team against stronger opponents.<\/p>\n<p>First friendly test against Chabab Mohamm\u00e9dia<\/p>\n<p>While the visa crisis rumbles on, preparations continue as normal inside the club&#8217;s complex. Raja play the first of their friendly matches next Tuesday, when they face Chabab Mohamm\u00e9dia.<\/p>\n<p>That fixture should give Nabi a first look at his players&#8217; readiness, as well as a chance to gauge how well the new arrivals are blending in before the tougher phase of preparation.<\/p>\n<p>Nabi will try to use the match to test a number of technical and tactical options and to see how his players respond to his methods, especially given the changes the squad has undergone during the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>New signings: Nabi demands more<\/p>\n<p>Raja moved during the summer mercato to strengthen their ranks, signing Ishaq Al-Zaidani, Chamseddine Kanidil and Younes Al-Dahmani as part of the administration&#8217;s efforts to prepare the team for the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Those additions have not satisfied Nabi. The Tunisian is still pushing the administration to conclude further deals, having told officials he needs to reinforce a number of positions with the team eyeing a strong campaign next season.<\/p>\n<p>Nabi hopes the administration can complete his requirements before the window shuts, so Raja enter the new season with a squad capable of implementing his ideas and achieving the club&#8217;s ambitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raja coach Nasreddine Nabi has been dealt an unexpected blow just days before an anticipated friendly against Valencia.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[24719,829,23952,85,26837,1875,26835,26836,26838,95],"class_list":["post-68012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-valencia","tag-botola-pro","tag-celta-vigo","tag-club-friendlies","tag-laliga","tag-n-nabi","tag-newcastle-united","tag-raja-casablanca","tag-union-yacoub-el-mansour","tag-union-yacoub-el-mansour-vs-raja-casablanca","tag-valencia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}