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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Daniel Orme

Hakim Ziyech makes national football return after year out following controversy

Chelsea star Hakim Ziyech made a victorious return to the Moroccan national side after a controversial incident with former boss Vahid Halilhodzic saw him frozen out for over a year.

The former Ajax winger, 29, was already a 39-time capped international before the decision to exclude him from his nation’s set-up.

He had been accused by Halilhodzic of feigning injury last year to miss friendlies and made him miss the entire qualifying campaign for the upcoming World Cup, whilst he was also not named in the Morocco squad for the African Cup of Nations at the start if the year - the Atlas Lions only managing to reach the quarter-finals of the competition.

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