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After conceding to Australia’s Daniel Bennie in a 4-1 group-stage victory, Argentina went unbreached for 393 minutes. That run finally came to an end when Yassir Zabiri crashed home a free-kick 12 minutes into the decider.
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Lucas Michal scored the latest goal ever seen at these finals when he netted a 123rd-minute penalty to break Japan hearts in the last 16.
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Alejo Sarco’s strike after just 65 seconds against Nigeria in the last 16 was clocked as the quickest of Chile 2025.
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Zabiri became the first player to net directly from a free-kick in the final for 28 years. Uruguay’s Pablo Garcia was most recent at Malaysia 1997 against Argentina, though he couldn’t prevent a 2-1 defeat to Diego Placente and Co.
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Japan managed 22 shots in their defeat to France but failed to score. It’s the most since Argentina rained 26 efforts on the Nigeria goal in their 2-0 defeat at the same stage in 2023.
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Morocco became the second African nation to win the title and the first for 16 years. Ghana were the continent’s maiden victors having edged out Brazil on penalties at Egypt 2009.
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Zabiri became just the seventh player to net twice in the showpiece match. He follows Volodymyr Bezsonov from the inaugural edition in 1977, Ralf Loose in 1981, Pablo in 1999, Lionel Messi in 2005, and Vladyslav Supryaha in 2019. Oscar of Brazil remains the only player to have scored a final hat-trick, which he did in 2011.
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Chile became the sixth host nation in a row to fall at the last-16 stage following a 4-1 loss to Mexico. They followed in the footsteps of Türkiye, New Zealand, Korea Republic, Poland and Argentina.
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This was the fourth successive tournament in which the U-20 World Cup crowned a new champion. Morocco followed Uruguay in 2023, Ukraine in 2019 and England in 2017.
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Incredibly, the Atlas Cubs used all three of their goalkeepers against France in the semi-finals. Ibrahim Gomis replaced the injured Yanis Benchaouch in the 64th minute, before Abdelhakim Mesbahi was brought on ahead of the penalty shootout.
As well as using a hat-trick of goalkeepers against France, Morocco also became the first team to benefit from an own goal in three consecutive matches. Korea Republic’s Shin Minha put through his own net in the last 16, USA’s Joshua Wynder did the same in the quarter-finals, before France stopper Lisandru Olmeta saw a penalty hit the post and cannon in off his back. Even more remarkably, all three goals came from Zabiri shots.
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Mohamed Ouahbi, who hails from Belgium, became the first foreign coach to lift the title.
Colombia’s Neyser Villareal is the first player to claim one of the adidas Golden, Silver or Bronze Boot without scoring in the group stage. His five goals saw him take home the silver prize behind Benjamin Cremaschi, with his strikes coming via a last-16 brace against South Africa, and a quarter-final hat-trick versus Spain.
