Ancelotti Calls For Calm As Brazil Make Slow World Cup Start

Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti has urged patience after the five-time world champions were held to a 1-1 draw by Morocco in their opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, insisting that tournaments are not won or lost on the first day.
The Seleção were made to work hard in their Group C encounter in New Jersey and found themselves on the brink of a shock defeat after Morocco’s Ismael Saibari fired the Atlas Lions into the lead.
However, a moment of brilliance from Vinícius Júnior rescued a point for Brazil, with the Real Madrid star producing a superb equaliser to prevent the South Americans from suffering their first opening-match defeat at a World Cup since 1934.
Despite avoid...