FIFA Under-17 World Cup

FT Sunday, October 8, 2017
Mexico U17 WWWLL 1
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Iraq U17 LLL 1
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IRQ101
Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium · 55,800 att.

Match Report

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Iraq hold Mexico to a draw in Group F

South American champions Mexico were held to a 1-1 draw by Iraq in their opening group match of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Kolkata on Sunday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
10
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
3
70.4
Possession
29.6
11
SHOTS
5
4
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
319
Accurate Passes
83
412
Passes
180
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.5
4
Accurate Crosses
2
26
Crosses
6
0.2
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
65
27
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.5
Long Balls %
0.2
2
Blocked Shots
0
6
Effective Tackles
11
8
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
33
10
Clearances
33

Head to Head

MEX leads series 1-0

Lineups

IRQ · 5-3-2

  1. 1Ali IbadiG
  2. 5Muntadher AbdulsadaCD
  3. 16Mohammed AlbaqerCD-L
  4. 15Abdulabbas AyadCD-R
  5. 6Muntadher MohammedLB
  6. 2Habeeb MohammedRB
  7. 17Mohammed Ali AbboodCM
  8. 18Moamel KareemCM-L
  9. 14Bassam ShakirCM-R
  10. 7Mohammed DawoodCF-L
  11. 10Mohammed RidhaCF-R

MEX · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1César LópezG
  2. 15Alan MaedaCD-L
  3. 3Carlos RoblesCD-R
  4. 5Raúl SandovalLB
  5. 2Adrián VázquezRB
  6. 10Roberto de la RosaAM
  7. 8Alexis GutierrezLM
  8. 16Luis GamízRM
  9. 9Daniel LópezF
  10. 19Diego LainezAM-L
  11. 7Jairo TorresAM-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Iraq U17 1, Mexico U17 0. Mohammed Dawood (Iraq U17) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohammed Ridha with a through ball.
  2. 34' Mohammed Ridha (Iraq U17) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 51' Goal! Iraq U17 1, Mexico U17 1. Roberto de la Rosa (Mexico U17) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel López.
  4. 63' Substitution, Iraq U17. Maytham Jabbar replaces Mohammed Ridha.
  5. 67' Substitution, Iraq U17. Ali Raad replaces Habeeb Mohammed because of an injury.
  6. 77' Substitution, Mexico U17. Deivoon Magaña replaces Daniel López because of an injury.
  7. 79' Carlos Robles (Mexico U17) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 80' Mohammed Dawood (Iraq U17) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 82' Ali Raad (Iraq U17) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 83' Substitution, Mexico U17. César Huerta replaces Roberto de la Rosa.
  11. 89' Moamel Kareem (Iraq U17) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Iraq U17. Alaa Adnan replaces Muntadher Mohammed because of an injury.
  13. 90'+3' Deivoon Magaña (Mexico U17) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

FIFA U-17 World Cup News

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