Canada’s opponent for the next big World Cup match is confirmed - BERITAJA

Canada’s adjacent force successful their historical FIFA World Cup tally will be Morocco aft that squad hit the Netherlands successful a 3-2 triumph Monday night.

Morocco sits sixth successful FIFA world rankings, and the Netherlands seventh.

Both teams had entered Monday night’s conflict undefeated and the crippled marked the first top-10 matchup astatine the 2026 tournament.

The lucifer went to punishment kicks, pinch midfielder Ismail Saibari making the winning goal.

Morocco has been connected its ain record-breaking run, becoming the highest-scoring African federation successful tourney history and mounting a grounds amongst African teams for about World Cup victories pinch eight.

Their advancement from Group C was besides conscionable the 3rd clip an African federation has reached the knockout shape of a FIFA World Cup.

Morocco vanished pinch the aforesaid number of points arsenic Brazil successful Group C but fell to 2nd spot since Brazil vanished pinch a higher extremity differential.

Canada and Morocco past faced disconnected against 1 different during the group shape of the 2022 FIFA World Cup connected Dec. 1, 2022, arsenic Morocco took the 2-1 triumph successful Doha, Qatar.

Kickoff is group for July 4 astatine 1 p.m. EST.