The World Cup seems not to be over for
Morocco
.
Yes, the African team that finished fourth in
Qatar 2022
had the great pleasure of
beating Brazil 2-1
this Saturday .
It was at the Stade Ibn-Batouta in Tangier.
There,
Sofiane Boufal
and
Abdelhamid Sabiri
scored for the team led by
Walid Regragui
.
Casemiro
, who always shows his face, had marked the transitory draw for those in verdeamarelo, who have
Ramón Menezes Hubner
as interim coach .
In the packed Moroccan stadium, before the ball started rolling, both teams paid tribute to
Pelé
, who died last December at the age of 82 from cancer, but the locals showed no mercy.
In a match played in Tangier that was not very friendly, Walid Regragui's team has not lost an iota of the essence that led them to overcome Belgium, Spain and Portugal in the last World Cup
Today, this team showed that it has come to stay by defeating a five-time world champion with a new lesson in intensity and effectiveness,
and despite several mistakes by Bono
.
The match had a start without surprises, except in the Brazilian goal.
Ederson, who had been suffering from stomach problems, left his place to Weverton, the Palmeiras goalkeeper.
The rest went as expected, with
Brazil wanting to be the protagonist
and Morocco, with a strong marking, being vertical to the core and very dangerous from set pieces.
The same recipe that led him to be fourth in the World Cup in Qatar.
Vinícius was strongly marked by Hakimi, a starter despite his muscular discomfort and the personal whirlwind that surrounds him after being
formally accused of rape in France
.
The duel was encouraged from minute 20. Mazraoui was the first to make an appearance with a shot that went by centimeters.
Then came Bono's first mistake in an outing that he corrected in the sequence by blocking a shot from Rony and another from Andrey Santos.
For Brazil, a tight offside prevented Vinícius's goal, after another mistake in the clearance of the Sevilla goalkeeper.
And in that crazy rhythm, Emerson Royal erred in defense, Boufal recovered and opened the band for El Khannouss, who returned the wall inside the area.
The Al-Rayyan striker turned and beat Weverton.
The goal completely upset Brazil, which entered into the provocations of the hosts with repeated protests to the referee, quite homely in the face of pressure from the Moroccan fans.
Morocco was able to do another one before the break in another play by Boufal on the right that left Ziyech alone inside the area.
Brazil was still disconnected, lacking in Neymar's creativity
, with Vinícius enduring inappropriate entries for a friendly and Rodrygo, somewhat out of place.
Paquetá did not appear between the lines either.
La Canarinha tried to react at the start of the second half with a great mid-height shot from Rodrygo that forced Bono to stretch with everything.
Ounahi responded with another bombing repelled by Weverton.
The five-time world champions were in a hurry and the pressure increased.
The spaces multiplied, which favored Vinícius.
In those,
a shot without much faith from Casemiro slipped into Bono's arms
and put the tie on the scoreboard.
Everyone expected Brazil to lose their hair for good
, but it was Morocco that surprised with a second goal by Sabiri, after a mistake by Militao that was final ten minutes from the end.
With information from EFE
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