Brazil will face Morocco in the match friendly match on March 25 in Tangier, in which it will be managed on a temporary basis by the DT of his U-20 team, Ramon Menezesin the absence of a replacement for Tite, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) reported on Wednesday.

Menezes, 50, will be in charge of the first match of the tournament Choice seniors in 2023 after winning the South American Under-20 Championship in Colombia on Sundaythe local football governing body said in a statement.

The South American U-20 title goes to Brazil

Without a coach since Tite left at the end of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals with Croatia, the five-time champions will only play that match against Morocco on the international schedule in March, the first of the year.

The match between Canarinho and the team that was a revelation in Qatar will be played on Ibn Batout Stadium in Tangierwhich hosted some matches of the recent Club World Cup won by Real Madrid.

“The period of the FIFA friendly dates will be split between the players’ preparations and the match against Morocco. For this reason, the CBF decided to perform one game, but with a high level of competition,” HBF explained.

In Qatar, Walid Regragui’s Atlas Lions became the first African team to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. They finished in fourth place after losing to the Croats in the duel for third place.

Three days after the fight with Choice, The Moroccans will face Peru in Madrid, their association announced.

Little known outside Brazil, Menezes qualified the ‘verdeamarel’ for the Under-20 World Cup in Indonesia, to be played between May and June, following the South American powerhouse’s absence in South Korea 2017 and Poland 2019.

In addition, he lifted the first auriverde title in the South American category since 2011.

“This is the beginning of a new cycle for Brazilian football and the CBF starts with our team playing against a strong opponent,” Rodrigues said in a statement.

Although the domestic press assures that the main candidate is the Italian Carlo Ancelotti from Real Madrid, the CBF and the coach himself denied having any agreement. (D)