Brazil played with Pelé's name on the jersey

Brazil returned to the pitch during this break for the national teams to play a friendly in Morocco against the home side that had progressed to the semi-finals of last year's World Cup. It was also the Seleção's first official match since the death of their star player Pelé. Tributes were therefore paid to the three-time verdeoro World Champion both before kick-off and during the match, with the Brazilian players wearing his name on the pitch for the last time, printed below the match number on their shirts.

Unfortunately, the name of the greatest footballer in history brought no luck to the verdeoro, who lost 2-1 to the Moroccan side thanks to goals from Boufal and Sabiri. The short-lived equalising goal by Casemiro, the captain for one night, in front of a very warm Tangier crowd, was not crowned with success. A success that confirms Morocco's ambitions and underlines the weakness of the team currently entrusted to Ramon Menezes and dreaming of Carlo Ancelotti as future coach.