The Brazilian team suffered their first defeat on the journey to the 2024 Olympics

The Brazilian Olympic team was defeated 1-0 by Morocco U23 last night. Under the guidance of Ramon Menezes, the interim coach of the previous senior team, young Brazilian players including some faces who have just attended the U20 world tournament such as Andrey Santos, Vitor Roque, Marcos Leonardo were impenetrable. Moroccan defense. In the 27th minute, the home team scored with a shot from outside the penalty area by El Ouahdi. 8 minutes later, Amraoui was denied a goal because of offside.

When the second half lasted 3 minutes, the entire stadium in the city of Fez, Morocco lost power. This condition lasted for about 14 minutes until light partially returned and play restarted in lower light.

Brazil's U23 players are starting to prepare for a spot at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The Pre-Olympic Tournament will be held in Venezuela next January to decide the qualifying spots. Brazil boasts the two most recent Olympic championships in soccer, won in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo. Before that, the team will compete at the Pan American Games in October.

It should be known that Menezes once lost to Morocco 1-2 in a friendly match as interim coach of the senior Brazilian team. He will have another chance in the second friendly match against Morocco U23 on Monday (September 11).

Brazil squad: Matheus Cunha; Arthur (Vinicius Tobias), Robert Renan, Kaiky, Abner (Welington); Andrey Santos (Alexsander), Marlon Gomes (Moscardo); Paulinho (Joao Pedro), Igor Paixao (Mauricio), Lazaro (Bitello); Vitor Roque (Marcos Leonardo).