In San Juan, the host team bid farewell to the Youth World Cup Round of 16 after losing 2-0 to the Africans. Those who qualified for the round were Brazil and Colombia, who beat their respective rivals.
The round of 16 World under 20 They are in full swing and this Wednesday there was a bump, as the host was eliminated. Argentina who suddenly saw themselves with the opportunity to compete in the Youth World Cup by becoming the host country (because they did not qualify via South America), he said goodbye when he lost 2-0 with Nigeria, in one of the keys to the round of 16.
The Albiceleste, who easily won their group (beating Uzbekistan, Guatemala and New Zealand respectively), found themselves facing a much tougher opponent, even though they finished in the best third. In effect, the physical power of the Africans was greater in San Juan and prevailed over the Trans-Andeans, that they had been excited about another World Cup. Racing’s Tomás Avilés was the starter, the same one who played the South American for Chile. He was a central defender.
In the second half came the Nigerian goals. At 61′, Ibrahim Beji Muhammad opened the account. Already in the first minute of added time, as Argentina focused on the attack after the draw, Rilwanu Sarki made it 2-0 and put an end to the Trans-Andean dream. “We knew that if we made a mistake in defense we could pay for it,” Javier Mascherano said in the whirlwind interview After the game. With that, Nigeria will meet the winner of Ecuador – South Korea in the quarter-finals, who will play tomorrow.
first round, the rankings of Brazil and Colombia followed one another , defending Conmebol. On the bad ground of the Estadio Único de La Plata (something that is not typical of a world championship), Canarinha beat Tunisia 4-1, playing the entire second half with 10 players.
It was expected that the match would be more than favorable for the Brazilian team, as they went up 2-0 quite quickly. In 11 minutes, Marcos Leonardo opened the account. Then, at 31′, Andrey Santos, the team’s proper name in the competition, made the second. However, the lot of uncertainties came with the expulsion of defender Robert Renan. Although one less remained, Ramón Menezes’ side took care of the advantage and stretched it in the epilogue of the game. Two more goals came in added time, from Matheus Martins and again Andrey Santos. The Tunisian handover came at 90’+13′, the work of Mahmoud Ghorbel. Brazil will face Israel in the quarter-finals.
In contrast, in San Juan, Colombia overtook Slovakia winning 5-1. All the goals in the engagement were in the second half. One of the highlights of the duel was Tomás Ángel, son of prominent former striker Juan Pablo Ángel (who made steps at River Plate and Aston Villa), author of a look-alike. He scored at 52′ and 63′. The other Colombian goals are from Oscar Cortés (48′) and Yaser Asprilla (50′).
In the next stage, the Colombian national team will face Italy, who beat England 2-1.
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