Morocco U-17 Vs Iran U-17 Preview: Mutual Hunting Of History

JAKARTA The U-17 Morocco will continue their journey at the 2023 U-17 World Cup against Iran U-17.

The two teams clashed in the round of 16 which will take place at the Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium (GBT), Surabaya, East Java on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 19.00 WIB.

The two teams have so far not collected titles in the history of this event. Therefore, both teams must have the same ambition to make their history in Indonesia.

For Morocco this year's U-17 tournament is their second participation. Their previous participation was in 2013 when it took place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

At that time they also qualified as group winners like this year. However, their dream ran aground in the round of 16 after losing 1-2 against Ivory Coast U-17.

In this year's edition, Morocco U-17 locked the top position of the group thanks to two wins. In detail, the first match victory against Panama (2-0) and the group's last match against Indonesia (3-1).

Meanwhile, Iran U-17 has a longer history in this tournament. The 2023 U-17 World Cup is the fifth time they have attended as contestants.

In their previous four trips, they managed to carve out the best record of breaking into the quarter-finals. They managed to get that achievement at the 2017 U-17 World Cup.

This year Iran U-17 got one of the toughest draws in the group stage because it had to be with Brazil U-17 and England U-17. The two tough competitors had won the title.

However, Iran U-17 successfully proved itself to qualify for the knockout stages. Hossein Abdi's team got tickets through the best third-placed route.

While in the group stage, Iran U-17 managed to embarrass Brazil U-17 in the first match. They then lost against England U-17 and locked an important win over New U-17 Caledonia in the last match.

Formation Forecast

Morocco U-17 (4-4-1-1): Taha Benrhozil; Hamza Koutoune, Abdelhamid Boudlal, Ismail Bakhti, Yasser Aissati; Ayman Ennair, Mohamed Amine, Ayoub Chaikhoun, Mohamed Hamony; Abdel Hamid; Anas Alaoui

Coach: Said Chiba

Iran U-17 (4-4-2): Arsha Shakouri; Nima Andarz, Erfan Darvishaali, Hesam Nafari, Alireza Homaefard; Yaghoub Barajeh, Amirmohammad Razzaghinia, Abolfazl Zamati, Mahan Sadeghi; Ismaeil Gholizadeh, Abolfazl Moredi

Coach: Hossein Abdi