The Moroccan national team achieved its first victory over Brazil in history, after defeating it with two goals to one, in the match that took place today, Saturday, on the grounds of the Grand Stadium of Tangiers, in a friendly framework, in preparation for the upcoming events, the closest of which is the 2024 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
And the Moroccan fans were creative in the stands of the big stadium in Tangiers, after they raised a “tifo” moments ago, bearing the name “MORROCO”, to celebrate the Moroccan national team for what it presented in the Qatar World Cup 2022, by reaching the semi-finals and finishing the competition in fourth place.
And the Moroccan fans continued their creativity by raising another three-dimensional “tifo”, bearing the image of the lion, to start watching from the stands, before the stadium, which promises to present a great match between the fourth in the world, “Morocco”, and the samba dancers who left the World Cup from the quarter-finals, after defeat against Croatia. Penalty kicks.
Returning to the stages of the match, the Moroccan national team extended its control over the course of the match, length and width, since the whistle of the Tunisian referee, Sadiq Al-Salmi, in an effort to open the scoring early, and then maintain its progress, to conduct the match the way it wanted, while the Brazilian team found itself dependent on the speed of its players. In counter-attacks, perhaps it will give him a goal against the course of the game, in light of the continuous rush of the Atlas Lions.
The Moroccan national team was close to opening the scoring on more than one occasion, had it not been for its players’ haste to end the attacks after reaching the operations square, knowing that Naseer Mazraoui almost scored the first goal for the Lions, had his shot not gone close to the Weverton goal a little, while the Brazilian team continued in His counter-attacks, until he managed to hit Yassin Bounou’s net, but the referee canceled the goal after returning to the “mouse” video assistant technique, due to the presence of offside.
After many failed attempts, the Moroccan team managed to open the scoring in the 29th minute through the player Sofiane Boufal, thus becoming the first Moroccan player to score against samba dancers in history, to find the Brazilian team ranked first in the world behind in the result against the fourth in the world in The last World Cup.
The Brazilian team searched for a draw in all possible ways, but it collided with a compact Moroccan defense accompanied by its goalkeeper Yassin Bounou, despite some lapses in which he fell, while the Moroccan team continued its control and good performance in search of the second goal, which was almost scored by Hakim Ziyech, while it did not. The last minutes know anything new, so the first round ended with the Atlas Lions advancing 1-0 over Vinicius Junior’s comrades.
The samba dancers started the second round pressing from the start, seeking to adjust the score, as Rodrigo was close to achieving that for his country in the 47th minute, had it not been for the good save by goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, so that the match continued between the two teams, in search of the second goal by the Moroccan national team, And the equalizer by Brazil.
The Moroccan national team almost scored the second goal through the player Ezzedine Onahi with a shot from outside the operations box, had it not been for the good response of the goalkeeper Weverton, while the Brazilian team was absent from completing the operations during the attempts that were made available to it, so that the situation would continue as it is, while preserving the same The formation was performed by samba dancers, with a single change by Morocco, after Regragui inserted Yahya Atiyatallah in the place of Ashraf Hakimi.
The Brazilian national team was able to adjust the score in the 67th minute through the player Casemiro, after a fatal mistake by goalkeeper Yassin Bono in blocking the ball, bringing the match back to the starting point, and each team is looking for the goal of victory, to rise in the world rankings for Morocco, and to maintain the top of the ranking. by Brazil.
And the Moroccan national team continued to search for the second goal, until it was able to do so in the 79th minute thanks to substitute Abdelhamid Al-Sabri, with a powerful shot from inside the operations box, leaving no chance for goalkeeper Weverton to save, so that the Brazilian team once again found itself behind in the result, and was forced to To equalise, to get out with the least damage, he compensated for the loss, which will be his first against the Lions, after three consecutive victories, in 1984 in the United States of America, 1997 in Brazil, and 1998 in France.
And things continued as they were for the remaining minutes, an attack from here and there, in order to adjust the result by the Brazilian team, and to score the third goal by the Moroccan national team, without either of them being able to achieve their goal, so that the match ended with the victory of the Atlas Lions over the samba dancers with two goals. With a goal, Morocco achieved its first victory over Brazil in history.
