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Alisson Returns, Starts Brazil's World Cup Opener vs Morocco

6/14/2026

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Alisson Becker missed the last two months of the 2025-26 season to stay fit for the World Cup after a March hamstring injury.
He returned for the home game against Brentford, while Giorgi Mamardashvili and Freddie Woodman covered him.
He will start for Brazil in the Group C opener versus Morocco on Saturday at 11 pm BST while remaining under Liverpool contract until 2027 after his £66.8 million 2018 transfer from AS Roma.

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Alisson Becker missed the last two months of the 2025-26 season to stay fit for the World Cup after a March hamstring injury.
He returned for the home game against Brentford, while Giorgi Mamardashvili and Freddie Woodman covered him.
He will start for Brazil in the Group C opener versus Morocco on Saturday at 11 pm BST while remaining under Liverpool contract until 2027 after his £66.8 million 2018 transfer from AS Roma.