Updated : Jun 14, 2026 01:36 IST
Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti will return to the USA, where he last served as an assistant manager to Italy in the 1994 edition. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti will return to the USA, where he last served as an assistant manager to Italy in the 1994 edition. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
Five-time champion Brazil faces a fierce Group C opening test against 2022 semifinalist Morocco in New Jersey. Here is everything you need to know.
Nearly three decades after Ronaldo and Rivaldo downed the Atlas Lions in France ‘98, Morocco meets Brazil on equal footing in a massive tactical battle. As Carlo Ancelotti makes his World Cup debut with the Seleção, Achraf Hakimi and a fearless Morocco squad eye a historic shock at the New York New Jersey Stadium.
Complete preview from the ground from Ayon Sengupta
Brazil’s arrival in North America comes with familiar expectations and unfamiliar circumstances. Ancelotti is the first foreign coach to lead the Selecao at a World Cup, tasked with ending a 24-year wait. His side remains rich in attacking talent, with Vinicius Junior and Raphinha expected to shoulder much of the creative burden, while Neymar continues his recovery from a calf injury.
The Italian has sought to make Brazil more direct, more structured and less dependent on moments of personal brilliance. Whether that evolution can survive the intensity of tournament football will become clearer against one of the most disciplined sides in the competition.
Click the link below to read the full preview from Sportstar’s editor, Ayon Sengupta:
For two nations harbouring ambitions far beyond the group stage, the World Cup begins for Brazil and Morocco with a test worthy of the occasion.
Match preview
The road to the World Cup is built on promises. Some come from history, others from possibility. When Brazil and Morocco walk onto the pitch in East Rutherford, they bring both. One carries five stars and two decades of unfulfilled expectations, while the other arrives as the standard-bearer of African football’s most ambitious generation.
Their meeting is shaped as much by what came before as by what lies ahead. Brazil has entrusted Italian Carlo Ancelotti with ending a title drought once unthinkable for the most successful nation in World Cup history. Morocco carries the momentum of a semifinal run that changed perceptions of what African football could achieve, and the challenge of proving that breakthrough was the beginning rather than the peak.
Few opening games carry this much intrigue.
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