00:00For so many on the planet, the World Cup only truly begins with the first glimpse of shimmering Brazilian yellow.
00:07And here comes that glimpse, and how it shimmers in the golden New Jersey sunshine.
00:16And beside the Brazilians, the sporting embodiment of proud, passionate Morocco.
00:23No nation shocked the world quite as they did last time round.
00:27No nation pushed back its boundaries as boldly, as ambitiously, as Morocco did.
00:36And Brazil resolved their principal selectorial issues as follows.
00:40After Wesley's unfortunate injury in the final warm-up game, Roger Ibanez shifts from centre-half to right-back.
00:47And ahead of the same midfield which started against Egypt a week ago, with Neymar not quite yet ready to
00:53play.
00:53It is Igor Thiago who plays up top on his competitive debut.
00:57That is six of the eleven who began and lost the World Cup quarter-final against Croatia in Qatar.
01:04Vinicius Junior wins his 50th cap.
01:08Morocco suffered two late squad withdrawals.
01:10Chaddy Riyad is asked to fill the boots of the injured Naya Fager at centre-half.
01:14And the absence of Abte Edsel Zawi, as a pacey creator, opens a space for Bilal Al-Khanous.
01:21After a scare against Norway last Sunday, Nusayi Masraoui is past bit to start at left-back.
01:26Azzanine Nauri wins his 50th cap.
01:29And with 2022 hero Yousef Ednaziri left at home, Ishmael Saibari of PSV Eindhoven leads the line.
01:37Azzanine Nauri wins his 50th cap.
01:44A truly gorgeous evening, blue sky, delicious sunshine.
01:49This has every right to be really good.
01:52It does.
01:53He guided them to become champions of Africa at the start of this calendar year.
01:58Here's Masraoui.
01:59And he's gone around as man.
02:01And he's sent it back to the shop which is hoisted away by Gabriel.
02:08It's a high-energy start from the Moroccans.
02:14Sides right across the face of goal by Hakimi.
02:18Outside of him, Saibari.
02:20Mouadi.
02:22Okanous.
02:23Brahim Diaz.
02:26It's Gabriel who goes in for more and takes quite a hit.
02:34It's a ball that both are entitled to go for.
02:43Real getting there a fraction of a second before the key meets.
02:51Rafinha always don't want to keep that.
02:58Here he comes now.
02:59That is quite a raid.
03:00And that is quite a delivery.
03:03Igor Thiago couldn't apply a touch.
03:09And it just needed a touch.
03:12Well, the second, third and fourth touches were pretty good, weren't they?
03:16Just a little bit high for Igor Thiago, I think.
03:20Oh, no.
03:21No, he's just missed.
03:24So, Diaz sifting it through here for Saibari.
03:29What a finish.
03:36Amid the searing heats of New Jersey.
03:40Each smile, Saibari lights up Moroccan hopes.
03:47That was deliciously cool.
03:52Well, they've looked vulnerable, Brazil, every time Morocco have come at them.
03:57But this ball by Brahim Diaz was right through the heart of that Brazilian back ball.
04:09Saibari got it back here.
04:11Saibari again.
04:13He is full of himself.
04:14It's coming out here to Brahim Diaz.
04:17This year's junior can change all of that.
04:21This is junior.
04:22No, no, no, no, no.
04:24Vinny Junior again.
04:27Vinny Junior lashes in the equaliser.
04:32A superstar goal for Brazil.
04:37The points of brilliant Brazilian difference.
04:54Well, when you're struggling, when you can't string two agreed passes together, when you're
05:00low off confidence.
05:05Santos!
05:07Bono got across to deny Pacatar what would have been a showpiece goal.
05:13He's well-directed, not quite the power he would have wanted.
05:17It's not been the easiest of halves Pacatar at times, they look to be heading in.
05:29He got Thiago!
05:32They stood up.
05:38Come to grips with.
05:41Luis Enrique.
05:43Oh, he's swiven across in front of Rafinha, who just could not get a toe on it.
05:57He's fused along. He wasn't too far away, I don't think, Rafinha.
06:00He's fused along.
06:18Saibari, oh, he's fitted his way through.
06:21Schempstein, Talbi.
06:23Lifting out by Danilo.
06:25Didn't have much to aim at there, Talbi.
06:34That's take from Cunha.
06:36Ambitious ball for Vinicius Junior.
06:39Beautifully waiting.
06:41Set back by Vinicius Junior.
06:42And Rafinha cracks it into the arms of the goalkeeper.
06:45He did well to control it, actually, Rafinha.
06:48Not an easy angle.
06:52Which it came to him.
06:54Just got to try and control it, and he did that.
06:58He's asking a lot, though, to leave Bono from there, even though he'd not make the defender.
07:06Holds his head, Bono holds his ankle.
07:12Having tumbled awkwardly and making what was, in essence, a pretty routine save.
07:19Away from behind Saibari.
07:23Oh, Diop smack passes short, Rafinha's interested in Bono dug out his centre half.
07:31Bono's gone down again.
07:38There is that heart-in-mouth moment.
07:42There is that heart-in-mouth moment.
07:43The guys are coming together.
07:45After...
07:46Bono had cleared the ball.
07:50Just momentum of...
07:52...Athena.
07:57So Rike...
07:59Bono...
07:59...had to go down to snatch in front of Danilo.
08:03Rady.
08:04Hakimi.
08:06...Hakimi.
08:08And like Norway.
08:10Alisson went down and went down again.
08:12At the feet of Amai Mooney.
08:19I thought he might be going wide, this one, but Alisson wasn't taking chances.
08:27Classic bit of goalkeeping.
08:32Who had it?
08:34Who had it?
08:35Who had it?
08:53And Mohamed Urabi.
08:55And Mohamed Urabi.
08:55Also...
08:56...in that no man's land between glee and disappointment.
09:00And then...
09:01...Monteos...
09:03Find reason for...
09:07...sufficient...
09:08...satisfaction out of this.
09:09The pair of them...
09:10...terrific goals in the first half from Saibari and Vinicius Junior.
09:13It's Brazil 1, Morocco 1.
09:29It's Brazil 1, Morocco 1.
09:32Just Maintenant...
09:332, Morocco 3, dömer...
09:33Sn 是
09:33Finn.
09:331, Morocco 1.
09:331,4 goal.
09:33We could not share that in practice.
09:34We could not get difÃcil things of anything but we could understand so much, so...
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