The day of the World Championship debut is getting closer and closer and everyone is trying to predict and predict who will be the winner of the historic event. From fans to journalists, through footballers and… mayors. New York it is a central focus of the next World Cup. It is no coincidence that the Big Apple will host the first big match of the intercontinental competition: on the night of Saturday the 13th, at midnight sharp, it will be broadcast Brazil-Morocco. Other major challenges will be played in New York: France-Senegal, Norway-Senegal, Ecuador-Germany and Panama-England. However, none of the knockout stage challenges will be played by one of the most important cities in the United States. In view of this very rare occasion, even the newly elected mayor of the city, Zorhan Mamdanigave his prediction for the 2026 World Cup.
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Mamdani focuses on Morocco
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 9: Director Mira Nair and music supervisor Zohran Mamdani attend the gala screening of ‘Queen Of Katwe’ during the 60th BFI London Film Festival at Odeon Leicester Square on October 9, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Disney)
The socialist mayor’s great passion for football is well known. An Arsenal fan, Mamdani also mentioned super Mario Balotelli during his speech on the World Cup event in the metropolis. The authoritative newspaper of Guardiantook him aside, asking him to predict the final result of the competition. At the end of bracketthe American predicted France-Morocco as the final of the 2026 World Cup. The last act of the event would surprise the Atlas Lions, who would therefore be able to beat those who had extinguished their dream in the semi-final during the World Cup in Qatar in 2022.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has predicted that Morocco will win the 2026 FIFA World Cup. 🇲🇦🔥
In a World Cup bracket simulation, he picked Morocco to go all the way and beat France in the final, saying the choice was driven by both emotion and belief in the team’s… pic.twitter.com/D8fXfVhQCa
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The Moroccan national team enters the world competition with great expectations, especially after the automatic assignment of the 2025-26 Africa Cup of Nations. Morocco is made up of the usual great individuals such as HakimiBrahim Diaz, Ounahi, Ezzalzouli, Bouaddi, Aguerd and Bono. However, unlike the last African competition and the last World Cup, Regragui will not be on the bench but Ouahbi. Morocco is in group C. A complicated group that sees 4 excellent teams competing: Brazil, Scotland, Haiti and the Atlas Lions. The cards are there to try to play it, now it’s all in the hands of Ouahbi and his boys.
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