Hakimi: In Africa they call us African Brazilians

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Morocco national team captain Ashraf Hakimi commented on the upcoming match of the 2026 World Cup against Brazil.

" I've been a great opponent, and I'm a wonderful football player. In order to beat this and other Brazilians of the highest level, you need to be protected by the entire team and work with a clear plan.

We trained and prepared ourselves before such matches. Respect, the team is ready. Especially, I also feel prepared and have enough motivation to hold a strong match and show my best game.

Brazil - Morocco. Announcement and forecast for the match of the World Championship 2026 As I have already said, we are well aware of the opponent with whom we will be heading tomorrow. We know Brazil, its history and the zeal of the Viconavians. Ale and we have yakism. In Africa they call us African Brazilians. We have talented talents and powerful strengths.

I respect you, we are ready to work in a more respectful manner, with great pride in supporting all Moroccans. I think we can hold a wonderful world championship and start the tournament tomorrow.

We will immediately focus on the first match – on tomorrow. We want to start the most beautiful way. We will continue to crumble from game to game, trying to pass as far as possible and perform better than at the last world championship. But at the same time, all our thoughts are only about tomorrow’s match, about those in order to show our greatest strength and overcome, which we must,” the FIFA press service suggests to Hakimi..

Guess what, the match between Brazil and Morocco will take place tomorrow, the 14th of Hearts, at 01:00. On Football. ua online text broadcast of the match will be available.

По материалам: fifa.com