A Grand Tanger stadium full as an egg, intensity, spectacle and goals: the Morocco-Brazil gala match on Saturday, March 25, kept all its promises. And in the end, it was the Atlas Lions who got the better of the Seleção (2-1).
Entering a new era after their historic 4th place in the World Cup, the men of Walid Regragui approached the game with great ambitions. With an attacking trio of Ziyech-Nesyri-Boufal, the Moroccans were the first to strike. Sofian Boufal found the net at the half-hour mark for the opening goal (29th).
Brazil were hampered by the pressure of their opponents, and struggled to be dangerous. The teammates of Vincius will however come back to the score in the second half. Casemiro was found in the back and fired a low shot past Bounou, who was guilty of a serious handling error (67th). This equalizer had the merit to wake up the Moroccans. The Moroccans kept on attacking, and they finally took the lead at the very end of the game, with a powerful shot from Abdelhamid Sabiri (79th). Walid Regragui and his men thus offer themselves a prestigious victory against Brazil.
