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despite Bounou, the Atlas Lions offer themselves the Seleçao!

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In a fiery atmosphere in Tangier, Morocco confirmed its historic journey achieved at the 2022 World Cup by offering itself the scalp of Brazil (2-1) this Saturday in a friendly match.

Walid Regragui had promised a more playful team than in Qatar and the Moroccan coach had not lied: faced with a Brazil which stammered its football in the absence of several executives, including Neymar, the Atlas Lions put pressure entry and multiplied the superb movements under the leadership of a Ziyech in all the good shots. However, it was the Seleçao who got the first big chance on a failed recovery from Rony in the area. As Mazraoui’s shot missed, Bounou immediately made his first mistake and kamikaze outing of the evening (not the last…), before catching up somehow with a double stoppage.

Boufal sets fire

This match was clearly balanced and Bounou, again on an adventure, allowed Vinicius to open the scoring… until the VAR came to his aid and canceled this goal for a contentious offside. In the process, Boufal, at the origin of a high recovery, took advantage of a caviar from El Khannous to make his technique speak by mystifying Casemiro and Weverton with a pivot shot to open the scoring (1-0, 29e)! Before the break, Ziyech, who missed the target, and Boufal, who missed his recovery, even wasted 2-0 balls.

Bounou in the hard

On the other hand, the Brazilians came back from the locker room with more bite and Bounou had to work from the start against Rodrygo. The Atlas Lions responded with a firecracker from Ounahi repelled somehow by Weverton. Under pressure, the locals ended up cracking on a blunder from Bounou. Decidedly not on a good night, the one who was one of the heroes of the World Cup let Casemiro’s long shot slip under his arm (1-1, 67e)…

But the Moroccans had the resources and went on the attack. Regragui’s winning coaching did the rest: on the left side, Attiyat Allah crossed for Cheddira, who involuntarily returned to Sabiri, scorer with a half-volley (2-1, 79e). A 100% incoming action! 11e world nation in FIFA rankingMorocco offers the scalp of the leader and will try to continue Tuesday against Peru in a friendly match in Spain!

Formations of Morocco-Brazil

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Written by Sylvester Stalom

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