The Atlas Lions’ performance against the Seleção in a friendly match on Saturday night was more than remarkable. Morocco made history once again, becoming the first Arab country to beat Brazil, the top-ranked team in the FIFA rankings.

This victory was celebrated by the Atlas Lions with about 65,000 Moroccan fans, most of whom traveled to Tangier to attend the first match of the Moroccan selection since the World Cup, which has completed Morocco’s achievement in the semi-finals of the world in Qatar 2022.

And the international press has not failed to react to this achievement. The French daily L’Equipe headlined: “Morocco offers a gala victory against Brazil”, while the sports newspaper Foot Mercato, focused on the performance of Azzedine Ounahi, with the headline: “Morocco-Brazil: Azzedine Ounahi still impresses”.

In its article, the Spanish sports newspaper AS, entitled “Morocco extends its dream”, talked about “the comfort felt by the Atlas Lions against one of the strongest football teams in the world”, in particular the trio of Azzedine Ounahi, Hakim Ziyech, and Sofiane Boufal, underlining that from the start of the match, Morocco showed that it was ready to face any type of match and opponent.

Also, the Spanish newspaper underlined that the Moroccan selection had no difficulty in maintaining its superiority against the Seleção, which tried to break the Atlas Lions’ defense without succeeding, except for some actions of Vinicius and Rodrigo.

The British press also did not miss this great football event. The British Daily Mail declared, in interaction with the results of the Moroccan-Brazilian friendly, that “the specialists of the surprise at the World Cup in Qatar always maintain their level”, noting that Sofiane Boufal and Abdelhamid Sabiri, spoiled Casemiro’s joy of playing for the first time as a captain of the Brazilian team, the newspaper pointed out.

As for the Arabic website Kooora, it stated that the Moroccan national team “guided by Walid Regragui, managed to break the Brazilian complex that accompanied the Lions after the two defeats and 5 goals scored in the history of the two teams, as he managed in the third game to score his first goal against Brazil before Abdelhamid Sabri concluded with a second goal.

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Morocco beat Brazil on Saturday night, 2 goals to 1, in a friendly match followed by football lovers.

The semi-finalists of the World Cup faced the Selecao for this expected match but failed to beat the men of Walid Regragui.

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The Atlas Lions opened the score in the 29th minute thanks to a goal by Sofiane Boufal on a pass from Bilal Khannous, the first Moroccan player to score against Brazil.

The match was the first for the Moroccan national team at home since the appointment of Walid Regragui as national coach.

After an intense game in the second half, the Brazilian team scored its only goal of the match thanks to Casemiro in the 67th minute of play.

Regragui’s men scored a second goal in the 79th minute from Abdelhamid Sabiri.

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The Brazilian press described the friendly match this Saturday at the Ibn Battouta stadium in Tangier against Morocco, as a tough test for the Selecao, which seeks to recover after its underperformance in the World Cup Qatar-2022.

The Brazilian media have emphasized the technical quality of the national team which is full of players playing at the highest level in Europe.

The TV channel Bandeirantes, which is broadcasting this match in Brazil along with ESPN and Star +, presented the star players of Morocco who made up the backbone of the team that became the first in the Arab world and Africa to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup.

Through reports from Tangier, the television highlighted the enthusiasm of the Moroccan public for this match and the optimal conditions, as described by the Brazilian delegation, in which the preparations of the Selecao took place, speaking of “one of the most passionate countries for soccer”.

For its part, the sports newspaper Ge estimated that the interim coach of the Brazilian national team, Ramon Menezes is facing a tough test against a strong Moroccan team, noting that the Brazilian players will have to do their best in this first game of the Selecao in Moroccan lands.

The mission will be all the more difficult in front of a passionate Moroccan public that has already distinguished itself in Qatar by encouraging body and soul of its national team that has imposed itself as one of the best soccer teams in the world, the newspaper stressed. “Moroccan fans will repeat the same celebration. Our players must be ready for it and show that they are worthy of the national jersey,” insisted the sports newspaper.

The Brazilian coach was aware of this challenge: “We will not take unnecessary risks against one of the best teams in the world, of course, but we will be more relaxed, play with our qualities and try to make a great game.”

The daily newspaper O Globo reports that “the Moroccan national team will meet its fans after the historic fourth place in the World Cup in Qatar for the first time in a friendly against Brazil, in the city of Tangier. Always in a festive mood, coach Walid Regragui has called up almost the entire team that won the best ranking of an African country in the World Cup”.

On the other hand, Brazilian media have emphasized the assets of Morocco, especially in terms of infrastructure, which strengthen its chances for the organization of the next futsal and Football World Cup in 2030.

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The Atlas Lions started to arrive on Sunday at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Maamora. The group will be complete this Monday with the arrival of those who played Sunday with their clubs. On the agenda, is the preparation of the prestigious friendly match against the Brazilian selection (March 25) and the one against Peru (March 28).

After a historic World Cup, the Atlas Lions are meeting at the Mohammed VI Football Complex to prepare for their two upcoming friendly matches, against Brazil, scheduled for March 25 at 10 pm at the Grand Stade de Tanger, then against Peru, in Madrid, Spain, on March 28. The players called up for this gathering began to arrive on Sunday. The group will be complete today with the arrival of the last players. And as usual, the training camp should start smoothly with a light session on Monday. The players will be entitled, from Tuesday to rhythmic sessions until the day of the match against Brazil.

The Atlas Lions know very well that they must give an excellent performance against the Seleçao if they want to win and offer at the same time a nice gift to their supporters, to celebrate in the joy and good mood their historic journey in the World Cup. This match will certainly be played in front of a full house. For the Atlas Lions, the hardest part begins. They will have to redouble their efforts to remain at the highest level. Walid Regragui knows it well, he will have to play the competition card. And that is why seven new players have been called up for this gathering.

The training session of the Atlas Lions open to the media
The national coach, Walid Regragui, has scheduled a training session on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, which will be open to the media for the first 15 minutes, starting at 6 pm. This session will take place at the Mohammed VI Football Complex. Journalists will have the opportunity to interview the players called up for this first gathering of the year 2023.

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