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, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
04:25no, no.
04:25Vinny Jr. again.
04:27Vinny Jr. Lashes in the equalizer.
04:33A superstar goal for Brazil.
04:37The points are brilliant Brazilian difference.
04:54Well, when you're struggling, when you can't string two agree passes together, when you low off confidence.
05:01You're a fan base.
05:05Santos!
05:06Bono got across to deny Pacetar 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, Pacetar at times.
05:21That looked to be heading in.
05:29He got Thiago!
05:32They stood up.
05:38Come to grips with.
05:41Luis Enrique.
05:43Swiven across.
05:45In front of Rafinha, who just could not get a toe on it.
05:57He's fizzed along.
05:58He wasn't too far away, I don't think, Rafinha.
06:00Yep.
06:18Saibari.
06:19Oh, he's still his way through.
06:21Chimpstein, Talby.
06:24Fipped out by Danilo.
06:26Didn't have much to aim at there, Talby.
06:34Let's take from Cunha, ambitious ball for Vinicius Junior, beautifully weighted, set
06:41back by Vinicius Junior, and Raffina cracks it into the arms of the goalkeeper, he did
06:46well to control it actually Raffina, not an easy angle, when she came to him, he's got
06:55to try and control it, he did that, he's asking a lot though too.
07:00Bono from there, even though he's not making the defender, holds his head, Bono holds his
07:08ankle, tumbled awkwardly and making what was, in essence, a pretty routine save, away from
07:21Saibari, oh Diop smack passes short, Raffina is interested in Bono dug out his centre half.
07:30Bono's gone down again, there is that heart in mouth moment, coming together, after Bono had
07:46cleared the ball, momentum of Benio.
07:56So Rike, and Bono, had to go down to snatch in front of Danilo, ready, Hakimi, it's coming
08:06great from Hakimi, and like Norway, Alisson went down and went down again, at the feet of Amai Mooney.
08:18I thought he might be going wide this one, but Alisson wasn't taking chances.
08:27classic bit of goalkeeping.
08:35And the end, they'll settle for that, they'll have to settle for that.
08:40Carlo Ancelotti, thought between some sort of satisfaction and perhaps mild regret that Brazil
08:48couldn't come out of the blocks more assuredly than actually they did.
08:52And Mohamed Urabi, also in that no man's land between glee and disappointment.
09:01Else, find reason for sufficient satisfaction out of this.
09:09The pair of them, terrific goals in the first half from Saibari and Vinicius Junior.
09:13It's Brazil 1, Morocco 1.
09:18It's Brazil 1, knock one thing out.
09:21This is Brazil.
09:21So I mãe, my life is so relieved.
09:25It's Brazil 1, Morocco 1, Morocco 1,구요.ring
09:25the свое and so forth for the main reality or the main process. So
09:35I ask Tom dirma exploring for the first halfved century aticket.
09:36You
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