Kolkata, Oct 8:
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 here today.
The Asian champions Iraq took a surprised lead in the 16th minute through a goal by Mohammed Dawood before Roberto De La Rosa equalised in the 61st minute for Spain as both teams collected one point each from the Group F match.
A sizeable crowd turned up at the brand new Salt Lake Stadium to watch the match. They saw as many as 15 shots from Mexico as against six from Iraq but must be bit disappointed as they could see just two goals.
Mexico completely dominated the proceedings with 63 per cent possession but their forwards were wayward as only four shots out of the 15 are on target.
With the draw, their first ever, the war-torn Iraq collected their first points in a FIFA U-17 World Cup.
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