The Morocco national football team will face Brazil in the FIFA World Cup 2026, a strong match in the first round of Group 3, after a historic achievement in Qatar 2022. The match is of great importance for both teams at the start of their World Cup campaign, as it brings together the Morocco national football team, which achieved a historic feat in the previous edition, and the Brazilian national team, which is seeking to restore its global glory and add a new title to its rich record. The first official meeting between the two teams took place during the 1998 World Cup finals in France, when they met in the third round of the group stage. At that time, the Brazilian national team imposed its superiority and achieved a 3-0 victory, with goals from Ronaldo, Rivaldo, and Bebeto, to secure its qualification to the next round. As for the Morocco national football team, despite its impressive victory over Scotland in the same round, it left the tournament from the first round. Before that meeting, about a year earlier, in October 1997, the two teams met in a friendly match in the Brazilian city of Belém, which ended with a 2-0 win for the home team. The last meeting between the two teams was in March 2023 in the Moroccan city of Tangier, where the Atlas Lions succeeded in achieving their first victory over the Brazilian national team with a score of 2-1 in a friendly match that witnessed a large crowd. The goals for Morocco were scored by Sofiane Boufal and Abd al-Hamid Sabiri, while Casemiro scored the only goal for Brazil. The Morocco national football team enters this meeting with great confidence, relying on its achievement in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, when it became the first Arab and African team to reach the semi-finals in the history of the World Cup, an achievement that enhanced its position among the top teams in the world. In contrast, the Brazilian national team is seeking to confirm its strong presence from the start and prove its worth to be among the top contenders for the title, benefiting from its long experience and rich history of achievements in the global tournament.