For the first time in history, the team of Morocco became the world champion U-20

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Збірна Марокко U-20, fifa.com
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Last night, Chile completed its U-20 world championship, and the Moroccan national team beat Argentina 2:0.

The outcome of the match was closed on the 12th half thanks to Yassir Zabiri, who scored a double on the 39th half, giving his team the advantage.

With this rank, the Moroccan team for the first time in history became the winner of the Youth World Championship. Bronze medals went to Colombia, which beat France in the third place match (1:0).

After the tournament, FIFA awarded individual awards.



The top goalkeeper was the 20-year-old Argentinean Santino Barbie, who played in these matches, although he was kept to zero for three goals conceded..

The greatest winner of the tournament was the Moroccan winger Othmane Maamma - on this day, one goal and several assists.

The top scorers in the country were the following: Zabiri, the Frenchman Luca Michal, the Colombian Neysser Villarreal and the American Benha Cremaschi, who scored five goals each..

It is also significant that the Ukrainian team took part in the tournament, reaching the 1/8 finals, where they lost to Spain (0:1).




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