{"id":35990,"date":"2026-06-13T22:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T22:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/35990\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T22:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T22:12:15","slug":"world-cup-2026-june-14-preview-brazil-and-germany-return-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/35990\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026 June 14 preview: Brazil and Germany return &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shafaq News<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 World Cup continues Sunday, June 14, with five<br \/>\nmatches across four groups, led by Brazil\u2019s opener against Morocco and the<br \/>\nfirst appearances of Germany and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>The day begins with Brazil against Morocco at 1:00 a.m.<br \/>\nBaghdad Time, followed by Haiti against Scotland at 4:00 a.m. Australia then<br \/>\nface Turkiye at 7:00 a.m., before Germany meet Curacao at 8:00 p.m. and the<br \/>\nNetherlands play Japan at 11:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule covers Groups C, D, E, and F, bringing title<br \/>\ncontenders, returning teams, a historic debutant, and two Asian sides into<br \/>\nfocus.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil vs Morocco<\/p>\n<p>Brazil open Group C against Morocco at New York New Jersey<br \/>\nStadium, in one of the strongest early fixtures of the tournament. The<br \/>\nfive-time champions begin another attempt to win a first World Cup title since<br \/>\n2002, with Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, Casemiro, and a squad now led by Carlo<br \/>\nAncelotti carrying Brazil\u2019s main hopes.<\/p>\n<p>Vinicius said before the match that his focus is on helping<br \/>\nBrazil win the title rather than chasing individual awards, as the Selecao try<br \/>\nto recover from recent World Cup disappointments.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco enter with a different status from previous<br \/>\ntournaments. After becoming the first African team to reach a World Cup<br \/>\nsemifinal in 2022, coach Mohamed Ouahbi said his side no longer see themselves<br \/>\nas underdogs. The Atlas Lions will be without Nayef Aguerd and Abde Ezzalzouli<br \/>\nthrough injury, but Achraf Hakimi has recovered from a thigh problem and is<br \/>\nexpected to lead Morocco\u2019s right side.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco had beat Brazil in a 2023 friendly, and Ouahbi said<br \/>\nthere is \u201cno clear favorite\u201d for the Group C opener.<\/p>\n<p>Haiti vs Scotland<\/p>\n<p>Haiti and Scotland meet later in Group C at Boston Stadium.<br \/>\nHaiti are back for the first time since 1974, while Scotland are appearing at<br \/>\nthe tournament for the first time since 1998.<\/p>\n<p>The match carries heavy group-stage importance because<br \/>\nBrazil and Morocco await both sides. Neither Haiti nor Scotland have ever<br \/>\nreached the World Cup knockout stage, but the expanded 48-team format and new<br \/>\nRound of 32 give both teams a more realistic route if they start well.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland arrive with confidence after scoring eight goals in<br \/>\ntwo warm-up matches against Curacao and Bolivia. Lawrence Shankland scored<br \/>\nthree times in those games, while Che Adams also impressed; Scott McTominay is<br \/>\navailable after an upset stomach, but defender Scott McKenna is out with a calf<br \/>\ninjury.<\/p>\n<p>Haiti are also encouraged by their preparations. They beat<br \/>\nNew Zealand 4-0 before a narrow 2-1 loss to Peru, and their squad includes<br \/>\nJean-Ricner Bellegarde and Wilson Isidor, who have Premier League experience.<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere in Boston could be one of the day\u2019s<br \/>\nstrongest. Scotland\u2019s Tartan Army have travelled in large numbers, while Haiti<br \/>\nare expected to draw support from Boston\u2019s large Haitian community.<\/p>\n<p>Australia vs Turkiye<\/p>\n<p>Group D continues at BC Place, Vancouver, where Australia<br \/>\nface Turkiye after the United States opened the group with a 4-1 win over<br \/>\nParaguay.<\/p>\n<p>Turkiye enter as favorites, with Arda Guler and Kenan Yildiz<br \/>\namong the young players expected to attract attention in North America.<br \/>\nVincenzo Montella\u2019s side are back at the World Cup for the first time since<br \/>\n2002, when Turkiye finished third.<\/p>\n<p>Australia, however, bring tournament experience; the<br \/>\nSocceroos have qualified for six straight World Cups and reached the last 16 in<br \/>\n2022, where they lost to eventual champions Argentina. Coach Tony Popovic<br \/>\nemphasized that Australia are used to being underestimated and want to show<br \/>\nwhat Australian football can do on the World Cup stage. He also confirmed that<br \/>\nstriker Mohamed Toure is fit after missing training with a minor illness.<\/p>\n<p>The match already carries pressure because Group D has begun<br \/>\nmoving. The US have three points, Paraguay are under early pressure, and both<br \/>\nAustralia and Turkiye need a clean start before facing the rest of the group.<\/p>\n<p>Germany vs Curacao<\/p>\n<p>Germany start Group E against Curacao at Houston Stadium,<br \/>\nwith the four-time champions expected to win and expected to do it clearly.<\/p>\n<p>Germany are trying to rebuild their World Cup image after<br \/>\nfirst-round exits in 2018 and 2022. Julian Nagelsmann\u2019s side enter the<br \/>\ntournament on a nine-match winning run, including recent victories over Finland<br \/>\nand the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The squad includes major names such as Manuel Neuer, Kai<br \/>\nHavertz, Florian Wirtz, and Deniz Undav, who is set for a World Cup debut after<br \/>\na strong season with VfB Stuttgart.<\/p>\n<p>Curacao enter the match as one of the tournament\u2019s biggest<br \/>\nstories \u2013the Caribbean side are making their World Cup debut and are the<br \/>\nsmallest nation to qualify for the finals.<\/p>\n<p>Their coach, Dick Advocaat, is 78 and will become the oldest<br \/>\ncoach in World Cup history. He has acknowledged Germany\u2019s status as group<br \/>\nfavorites, while saying the opener will show Curacao where they stand.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s Group E also includes Ecuador and the Ivory Coast,<br \/>\nmaking a strong opening win important before the tougher calculations begin.<\/p>\n<p>Netherlands vs Japan<\/p>\n<p>The day closes at Dallas Stadium, where the Netherlands face<br \/>\nJapan in Group F.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch begin another World Cup with a squad built around<br \/>\nVirgil van Dijk, Frenkie de Jong, Cody Gakpo, Tijjani Reijnders, and Memphis<br \/>\nDepay. Coach Ronald Koeman has stated that Depay remains important to the team,<br \/>\ndespite the forward working back toward full fitness after limited recent<br \/>\nplaying time.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen has also been recovering from a<br \/>\nknock, giving the Netherlands a fitness question before kickoff.<\/p>\n<p>Japan, meanwhile, enter with a major midfield change.<br \/>\nCaptain Wataru Endo withdrew from the squad because of a persistent foot injury<br \/>\nand announced his international retirement, forcing coach Hajime Moriyasu to<br \/>\nadjust before the opener.<\/p>\n<p>Ao Tanaka could be paired with Kaishu Sano or Daichi Kamada,<br \/>\nwhile Takefusa Kubo remains one of Japan\u2019s main creative players. Japan also<br \/>\ncarry recent World Cup credibility after beating Spain and Germany in the 2022<br \/>\ngroup stage.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands won the only previous World Cup meeting<br \/>\nbetween the two teams, 1-0 in South Africa in 2010. Their last meeting was a<br \/>\n2-2 friendly draw in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781384537651.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781384560196.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781384575793.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781384583286.webp\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shafaq News The 2026 World Cup continues Sunday, June 14, with five matches across four groups, led by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1777,32746,5,150,32745],"class_list":["post-35990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-germany","tag-breaking","tag-daily-preview","tag-germany","tag-world-cup-2026","tag-world-cup-2026-june-14-preview-brazil-and-germany-return"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}