Morocco national team don ready to face Brazil for di opening match of 2026 World Cup group stage on June 13, and di coach, Mohamed Ouahbi, don make am clear say dem no get any fear for di Canarinha.
Di African side don make history at Qatar 2022 by becoming di first African team to reach World Cup semifinal after dem bin knock out Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal for di quarterfinals.
After winning di Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) for 2025, Mohamed Ouahbi’s squad now dey considered as strong contender for di tournament wey go take place for United States, Canada, and Mexico.
According to Moroccan media reports and statements wey GOAL (Spanish version) collect, di 49-year-old coach assure say im players dey in top condition for dia World Cup debut and dem fully confident for dia chances: “We respect Brazil’s legacy and history, but we trust in our abilities,” e talk.
Di coach highlight di work wey dem don do during preparation and note say di squad don ready to face di challenge, while e no downplay di importance of di tournament’s opening match: “We’ve held an intensive training camp where we focused on all physical, tactical, and mental aspects, and the players are now fully prepared for this big match; everyone is aware of the importance of the World Cup’s opening game.”
“We have a cohesive group of top-level players capable of competing with the best national teams. We face Brazil with a winning mentality and full respect for our opponent,” e add.
However, another point wey di coach highlight to di media wey draw attention na di team’s objectives for dis tournament: “The Moroccan national team has not come to the World Cup just to participate, but with the goal of achieving positive results and strongly defending the team’s chances in this historic edition of the competition,” e talk, concluding: “We respect Brazil, but soccer is decided on the field. We will do everything possible to make the Moroccan fans who support us everywhere happy and to honor Moroccan soccer with a great fighting spirit.”
For Group C, Morocco go face Brazil on June 13, Haiti on di 19th, and Scotland on di 24th to close out di group stage.
Brazil and Morocco go collide for New Jersey on Saturday for one match wey promise to be among di most entertaining and high level games of di group stage.
Carlo Ancelotti don transform Brazil over di last 12 months, adding solid foundation and balance to di Selecao wey bin dey struggle during World Cup qualifying. Dem now look like serious contenders to win am all, just like dem do for USA for 1994, and dem don find way to get all dia best attacking players on di pitch and looking dangerous on di counter.
Morocco’s magical run to di semifinals of di 2022 World Cup go live long for memory and dem dey focused on proving say e no be one-off. Achraf Hakimi be dia captain and superstar and der be bit more pressure on Morocco to go deep for dis tournament. Dis game against Brazil give us di perfect opportunity to see just how good dem be and how much dem don improve over di last four years.
Di major injury news around Brazil na Neymar, as di surprise inclusion to Ancelotti’s squad don dey nurse an injury. Di veteran suppose dey fit to play some part for di group stage and e go get important impact off di bench. Elsewhere di solid core of Alisson, Gabriel, Marquinhos and Casemiro go lock things down defensively and den e be all about di likes of Vinicius Junior, Raphinha and Matheus Cunha delivering for attack.
Some big injury news don arrive for Morocco on di eve of di tournament with influential center back Nayef Aguerd out, plus talented attacker Abde Ezzalzouli also out. Dat be big blow. Hakimi be di star on di right and di way e link up with Brahim Diaz key. Issa Diop and Noussair Mazraoui go start for defense ahead of star goalkeeper Yassine Bounou and dem go get tough time trying to lock down Brazil.
Dis feel like say Morocco fit catch Brazil out early, but di Selecao get so much attacking talent wey dem likely go find way to get di win, probably late on, and take big step towards winning Group C. Brazil 2-1 Morocco.
