Morocco, who reached last year's World Cup semi-finals, will not defend against Brazil in a friendly on Sunday morning as they seek a landmark victory over the five-time world champions in their first home match after a brilliant campaign in Qatar.

Morocco coach Walid Regraki said his side could be bolder than they did at the World Cup, with strong defence key to helping the team get rid of more powerful Spain and Portugal on their way to the semi-finals.

"We cannot change our identity against Brazil and pretend to do something we are not, but we can take more risks that could not have been taken at the World Cup," he told a news conference on Friday.

"Any mistake in the World Cup can be costly; today it will be a friendly match, maybe we will be bolder and try different things that we couldn't do in a World Cup match."

Having led Morocco to become the first Arab team to reach the quarter-finals and the first African team to reach the semi-finals, Regragui said he was counting on the fans to be a key factor today at the Ibn Battuta Stadium.

The match will be attended by 65,<> spectators who are still proud of the team's performance and results in the World Cup finals that sparked tears of joy across Africa and the Arab world.

"Our fans will be the 12th player in the team. It would be great for our national pride to beat Brazil for the first time and we will come out with a big smile on our faces to meet our loyal fans who have been so fantastic during our World Cup career."

Moroccan captain Romain Saiss agreed with his coach, but went further by saying that the players go into today's match just to win.

"It's going to be a great game against one of the best teams in the world. It will be a celebration of our achievements but no celebration of defeat. We want to celebrate with our fans. For this celebration to be complete, we need to play well and win the game."