The Moroccan national team qualified for the quarter-finals of the U-17 World Cup for the first time in the history of its participation, by defeating Iran on penalties 4-1 – today, Tuesday – at the “Gelora Bung Karno” Stadium in Jakarta.
The match ended in a 1-1 draw, with the Iranian national team taking the lead through Ismail Gholizadeh in the 73rd minute, before Nassim Azouzi snatched the equalizer for Morocco in the 94th minute.
👏🇲🇦 The joy of the Moroccan junior national team players as they reached the quarter-finals of the U-17 World Cup#World Cup for juniors | #Morocco_Iran#WorldCupU17 pic.twitter.com/so3vzLE9YG
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) November 21, 2023
⚽️🇲🇦 The Moroccan junior national team equalizes against its Iranian counterpart in “killer time”#World Cup for juniors | #Morocco_Iran#WorldCupU17 pic.twitter.com/Zbh5rmiJJF
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) November 21, 2023
The “Atlas Cubs” set a date with the Malian national team, which also qualified for this stage after its great victory over Mexico by five clean goals, so that the two teams will meet in a difficult confrontation, next Saturday, in the quarter-finals.
In other matches in the quarter-finals, the Spanish national team faces its German counterpart in the “European Clasico,” and the Argentine national team collides with its Brazilian counterpart (the defending champion) in the “South American Clasico.”
Indonesia will host the 19th edition of the tournament from November 10 to December 2, 2023, with the participation of 24 teams.