Morocco\u2019s 2-1 victory over Brazil at the U20 World Cup in Chile came as a surprise and sparked numerous reactions from the Sele\u00e7\u00e3o. Outplayed by a solid and clinical Moroccan side, the young Brazilians now see their future in the tournament under threat.<\/p>\n\n
At the end of the match, midfielder Iago acknowledged the difficulty of the clash against the Atlas Cubs:<\/p>\n\n
\n\u201cWe knew it would be a very difficult match against Morocco. We leave with the pain of defeat, that\u2019s for sure. We approached these first two games as two finals.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
The player emphasized the frustrating nature of the scenario:<\/p>\n\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s difficult when you are 2-0 down, you need to stay calm to try to come back. The penalty didn\u2019t help us as we ended up losing. Now we need to clear our heads, and as long as there\u2019s even a 1% chance, we will keep fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
Morocco gains the psychological edge<\/h2>\n\n
While Morocco sits comfortably at the top of the group with six points, Brazil now finds itself under pressure. The Sele\u00e7\u00e3o must beat Spain in the final round and hope for a slip from Mexico against Morocco to keep their tournament hopes alive.<\/p>\n\n
This situation highlights the solidity of the Atlas Cubs, capable of making one of the most decorated nations in this category doubt itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Morocco\u2019s 2-1 victory over Brazil at the U20 World Cup in Chile came as a surprise and sparked numerous reactions from the Sele\u00e7\u00e3o. Outplayed by a solid and clinical Moroccan side, the young Brazilians now see their future in the tournament under threat. A disappointment for the Sele\u00e7\u00e3o At the end of the match, midfielder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[691],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-330507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world-cup"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330507"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330541,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330507\/revisions\/330541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}