Brazil vs Morocco Live Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: A clash of heavyweights awaits

Brazil vs Morocco FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Live Score: Brazil are World No 6 while Morocco are a spot behind in the rankings

Brazil vs Morocco FIFA World Cup 2026 Group C Match Live Score: It’s a battle between the World No 6 and the World No 7! Brazil start their FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign against Morocco at the New Jersey Stadium. It’s a Group C clash between a veritable giant of the sport and a bonafide giant-killer in the form of Morocco after their stunning run to the World Cup semis last time around in Qatar. The Atlas Lions, who are the African champions, have won just five World Cup games. Brazil have five World Cup titles. But since 2002, Brazil have reached the semifinal once, and everyone in the world remembers that they lost 7-1 to Germany at home.

Update from Qatar vs Switzerland game: Before that clash between Brazil and Morocco we will have an eye on the clash between last World Cup’s hosts Qatar and Switzerland. The kick off has happened at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium. After 9 minutes, the score is 0-0.

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Carlo Ancelotti has restored belief, but can Brazil end 24-year World Cup drought?

Since the last time they held the World Cup aloft, Brazil have reached the semifinal just once (AP Photo)

Brazil's World Cup drought, running 24 years, has turned Brazil’s fans fatalists, increasingly reading into the dots of destiny and accident of fate. Their previous longest wait for World Cup glory was 24 years too, and it ended on American soil too. The last time the tournament was co-hosted (by Japan and South Korea in 2002), they won it too. In 1970, they played with a front four; so have they during the reign of Carlo Ancelotti, the Italian resorted to bring the glory back to football’s spiritual home, after their worst ever qualifying campaign. He has resurrected belief and inspired faith, brought calm into a dressing room prone to volatility, but Brazil don’t arrive in New Jersey as tournament favourites.

Read Sandip G on Brazil's 24-year-long drought