Santiago (Chile), 20 October (LaPresse) – Morocco beat Argentina 2-0 in the final to become Under-20 world champions for the first time. Yassir Zabrini was the star of the show, scoring twice (in the 12th and 29th minutes of the first half) to secure the title for the North Africans. Morocco's run in the competition was impressive: they first won a group that included Spain, Brazil and Mexico, then eliminated South Korea, the United States and France. Argentina reached the final despite the absence of its two best players, Claudio Echeverri of Bayer Leverkusen and Franco Mastantuono of Real Madrid. No African national team had won the Under-20 World Cup since Ghana in 2009.
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