Overview
- The Group C opener between Brazil and Morocco kicks off Saturday at 6:00 p.m. ET at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
- Carlo Ancelotti will manage Brazil in his first World Cup match, marking a new coaching era for the five-time champions.
- The Confederação Brasileira de Futebol confirmed Neymar has a muscular injury and his participation in the match is uncertain.
- Morocco enter the tournament under new coach Mohamed Ouahbi, who replaced Walid Regragui in March and named a 26-player squad.
- Broadcasters across the Americas have confirmed coverage: in the U.S. FOX/FS1, Telemundo/Universo and streaming on Peacock, FOX One and fuboTV; Mexico has Canal 5, Azteca 7, TUDN and ViX; much of South America will use DIRECTV Sports/DGO and ESPN/Disney+; a Betano Argentina user poll separately showed strong platform-level support for Argentina as tournament favorite.