Morocco registered yet another important win on the international stage after overcoming record world champions Brazil 2-1 in an international friendly match hosted at the Ibna Batouta Stadium on the wee hours of Sunday morning.Morocco coach Walid Regragui named a starting lineup consisting of ten players who starred at the world cup in Qatar and handed Genk youngster, Bilal El Khannouss his first home start after debuting in the third place playoff against Croatia.##NAJAVA_MECA_6024##Brazil on the other hand handed Chelsea youngster Andrey Santos his debut, starting in the middle of the park alongside the skipper of the day Casemiro and Paqueta.Morocco started the match brightly visibly seeking to get an early advantage but despite good build up from the back, a not-so-good show in the final third betrayed their efforts severally.🇲🇦🇧🇷🎙️ Allah Al Watan Al Malik 🤩🎥 @Izemanass pic.twitter.com/3NuY5q6iNH— Izem Anass (@Izemanass) March 25, 2023 Brazil slowly grew into the game after surviving the early raids and started to put the hosts under pressure. Starman Vinicius Junior was their main attacking outlet.Noussair Mazraoui had the best chance to break the deadlock in the 22nd minute but his shot from a prime area went wide ,seconds later they were nearly made to pay for it but Bono made up for his mistake to deny Rodrygo.A swift turn-over the 29th minute yielded the opening goal. El lKhannouss did well to square the ball to Sofiane Boufal who fired past Weverton. Rodyrgo had a chance to hit back in the 33rd minute but he skied a prime opportunity from the edge of the penalty area.pic.twitter.com/4x9k2Bkglq— Diario (@Diario2025) March 25, 2023 Hakim Ziyech thought he had doubled the home team’s lead in the 36th minute but his volley went went. Seconds later, Azzedine Ounahi saw his thunderbolt miss the target by a whisker. The hosts took a deserved lead to the break.The opening stages of the second half was an end to end affair. Ziyech came close for the home team while Vinicius had Brazil’s best chance.Against the run of play, Casemiro drew Brazil level with a low effort that somehow round its way past Bono’s arms, he was set up by Paqueta.📽️⚡️: @CARTER7ii pic.twitter.com/TCpbGP33en— لاتنسى متابعة حسابي الاساسي (@cvdsuj) March 25, 2023 Morocco retook the lead in the 79th minute after an error from Brazil substitute Antony. Abdelhamid Sabiri scored the second of the game. The goal proved decisive as it handed Morocco a win in their first post world cup game.Firat explains omission of Sweden-based Timothy Ouma, hints at why Omala was dropped
