Mali produced one of the shocks of the FIFA Under 20 World Cup coming from behind to beat tournament favorites Germany 4-3 on penalties and advance to the semifinals.
Both sides scored its first three penalties, before Mali's Adama Traore had his penalty saved and Julian Brandt, who had scored Germany's regulation goal, blasted his shot over.
Mali then made it 4-3 and with Niklas Stark needing to score to keep Germany in the shootout, he hooked his shot wide to send Mali, which was beaten semifinalists in 1999, through to meet either the United States or Serbia on Wednesday.
Brandt opened the scoring in the 38th minute, before Souleymane Coulibaly equalized for the Africans only moments after Germany's Hany Mukhtak's second-half penalty was saved by Djigui Diarra.
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