A Brazilian team was still picking up the pieces from the elimination to Croatia in World cup of Qatar when they faced Morocco in a friendly held in Tangier, three months after the end of the World Cup.
Before that, only victories, in 1997 and 1998.
Since then, while Brazil has gone through several tests with many names called up and four coaches, Morocco has maintained its base even when changing command – eight players who were on the field were called up for the World Cup, and seven of them played as starters.
Brazil x Morocco lineup in 2023
That March 25, Brazil started the match better, but Morocco managed to balance the game and open the scoring with Boufal following a collective failure by Rony and Emerson Royal.
Casemiro equalized in the second half. The player had chances to give Amarelinha an advantage on the scoreboard, but the Moroccans ended up getting the better at the end of the game with a goal from Sabiri in yet another defensive error.
Morocco took to the field with Bono, Hakimi, Saiss, Aguerd and Mazraoui; Amrabat, Ounahi and El Khannouss; Ziyech, Boufal and En-Nesyri no time starter.
Bono, Mazraoui, Amrabat, Ounahi and El Khannouss are in the group that faces Brazil on Saturday. .
Brazil’s starting lineup had Weverton, Emerson Royal, Éder Militão, Ibañez and Alex Telles; Casemiro and Andrey Santos; Rony, Lucas Paquetá, Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo.
Raphael Veiga, Antony, Yuri Alberto and Vitor Roque left the bench throughout the match.
Controversial change of coach in Morocco…
At the time, Walid Regragui was the coach of the Moroccan national team. claiming exhaustion after taking the team to the final of the African Cup of Nations.
Even with impressive results, the 50-year-old coach had been the target of criticism from fans. During his entire stay, from September 2022 to March 2026, he recorded 36 wins in 49 matches, as well as eight draws and five defeats.
… Various exchanges in Brazil
Since that defeat, the Brazilian team has also had a change of coaches, and three names occupied the position between Tite’s departure and Carlo Ancelotti’s arrival.
Ramon Menezes was on an interim basis for just over 120 days, from March to July 2024. Fernando Diniz, also interim, shared the role of coach of the Seleção with that of coach of Fluminense from July 2023 to January 2024.
The person who had the most time working was Dorival Jr, who was actually hired.
Where to watch Brazil x Morocco
- TV: Globo, SBT, SporTV and N Sports
- Streaming: Ge TV (only on Globoplay) and CazéTV (YouTube)
- Real time:
Brazil x Morocco technical sheet
- Data: 13/06/2026
- Time: 7:30 p.m.
- Local: New Jersey Stadium, United States
- Phase: 1st round of group A of the World Cup
