{"id":6947,"date":"2026-06-14T11:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6947"},"modified":"2026-06-14T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:44:17","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-brazil-1-1-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6947","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026: Brazil 1\u20131 Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">New York, June 14, 2026 &#8211; Brazil and Morocco shared the points in a highly anticipated Group C opener at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Saturday in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Morocco took the lead through Ismael Saibari before Brazil responded with an equalizer from Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The result was seen as a strong performance by Morocco, who continued to show the form that made them one of the surprise teams of recent World Cups. Brazil improved after a difficult start but struggled to create enough clear chances to secure victory. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti acknowledged that his side must improve in the matches ahead, while Morocco will be encouraged by earning a point against one of the tournament favorites. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Group C outlook<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Brazil: 1 point<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Morocco: 1 point<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Scotland defeated Haiti 1\u20130 in the other Group C match, leaving Scotland top of the group after the opening round. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Next matches (June 19):<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Brazil vs Haiti<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Morocco vs Scotland<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Both teams remain well-positioned to advance from Group C, but Brazil will be under pressure to deliver a stronger performance in their second match.\u00a0<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260614_014236_765.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York, June 14, 2026 &#8211; Brazil and Morocco shared the points in a highly anticipated Group C opener at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Saturday in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Morocco took the lead through Ismael Saibari before Brazil responded with an equalizer from Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior. The result was seen as a strong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vinicius-junior-brazil-celebrates-scoring-1088191352.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6949,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947\/revisions\/6949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}