Morocco’s Cinderella Story Continues: Humble Underdogs Stun France in U20 World Cup

"We took them on being humble. We didn’t want to say: ’We’re going to do this, we’re going to do that’. Me, my mother came, and she’s not going to leave on Sunday, you know!" the USL Dunkerque player smiled.

This statement was a direct echo to the comments made two days earlier by French goalkeeper Lisandru Olmeta on the RMC radio. Optimistic before the match, he had declared: "Like at the Euros, I told my parents they could buy their ticket for the final".

The match was particularly cruel for the French goalkeeper, who conceded the Moroccan goal in an unfortunate way: Yassir Zabiri’s penalty hit the post before bouncing off his back and into the goal. The penalty shootout then turned in favor of the Atlas Lions.

This victory allows Morocco to reach the final of a World Cup U20 for the first time in its history, where it will face Argentina. For their part, the French team will play the third-place match against Colombia.

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