The Morocco men’s football team beat the Netherlands on penalties, in the early hours of this Tuesday (June 30, 2026), in a game played in the ’32 phase, the 2nd phase of the . The match, which ended in a 1-1 draw until the end of extra time, was held at the Monterrey Stadium, in Mexico.
With the victory, the Moroccan team advances to the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup. The Dutch team is eliminated.
The goals were scored by:
- Netherlands: Steel
- Morocco: Diop
On penalties:
- Netherlands: Koopmeiners (scored)
- Morocco: El Aynaoui (it lost)
- Netherlands: Kluivert (it lost)
- Morocco: Rahimi (scored)
- Netherlands: Weghorst (marcou)
- Morocco: Talbi (scored)
- Netherlands: Timber (it lost)
- Morocco: Judge (it lost)
- Netherlands: Summerville (it lost)
- Morocco: Saibari (Marcou)
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WORLD CUP
The World Cup is a private, profit-making sporting event. It is carried out every 4 years by . Teams qualify through knockouts. The technical committee and squad of each team competing in the competition are chosen by private entities.
In the case of Brazil, it is up to the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) to define who the coach is and which players are “called up” (in reality, everyone is invited and whoever is interested goes; as the commercial gain from marketing is great, the athletes respond to the “call up”). The CBF is an organization governed by private law and has no connection with the federal government.
The Brazilian government has no influence on choosing the team that participates in the tournament. In other words, it is not the country that is represented in the World Cup, but a football team chosen by a private entity.
