At the beginning of this stage, the United States and Israel entered the top eight; New Zealand and Uzbekistan said goodbye to the competition
This Tuesday the first two qualifiers for the quarterfinals of the Argentina 2023 Under 20 World Cup were defined: the United States and Israel. Both teams complied and got into the top eight of the contest. This Wednesday the action continues with four commitments, among which Argentina vs. Nigeria and England vs. Italy; while on Thursday the last two are defined that go to the following instance: Gambia vs. Uruguay and Ecuador vs. South Korea.
In the first match of the knockout stage, the United States easily defeated New Zealand 4-0 with goals from Owen Wolff, Cade Cowell, Justin Che and Rokas Pukstas. In this way, the North American team not only remains undefeated in the championship, but also accumulates an ideal score thanks to four victories in the same number of appearances. The winner of the duel between Uruguay and Gambia will face off in the quarterfinals.
In the second match of the day, meanwhile, Israel made history again. In one of the last plays of the match, they settled an even duel against Uzbekistan thanks to a goal from Anan Khalaili and won by the slightest difference. Thanks to this, they qualified for the quarterfinals of a World Cup for the first time in history, in their second ecumenical participation (the first in a Sub-20 World Cup). It will clash in the quarterfinals against the winner of Brazil vs. Tunisia.
Much of Israel's present is due to its DT, Ofir Haim. In dialogue with FIFA+ before the World Cup, the coach himself spoke about the identity of the squad since his arrival, in 2021: "When I decided to be a coach, everyone asked me about the type of players I would look for for my team," he recalled. “They told me that we needed strong and fast players. But because of our genetics, Israelis are generally not born that way. I want players who think faster than their opponents. If you look at the senior team, you'll see that we have a lot of players who are neither tall nor big, but who are very quick thinking. I think this is our main advantage: we can think on our feet , ”he stressed.Results of the round of 16 of the Under 20 World Cup today, Wednesday May 31
On the twelfth day, four games of the round of 16 took place with victories for Colombia, Brazil, Nigeria and Italy.
his Wednesday, on the twelfth day of activity in the Under 20 World Cup, four round of 16 games were played with triumphs for Colombia, Brazil, Nigeria and Italy over Slovakia, Tunisia, Argentina and England. The winners advanced to the quarterfinals , an instance for which only two places remain to be completed and will be settled this Thursday with a couple of matches at the Único Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero.
At the Bicentennial of San Juan, the team of coffee thrashed the Slovaks 5-1 with braces from Oscar Cortés and Tomás Ángel plus another goal from Yaser Asprilla . Timotej Jambor discounted for the European team. His next rival will be Italy, the executioner of England 2-1 at the Único Diego Armando Maradona stadium in La Plata with conquests by Tommaso Baldanzi and Cesare Casadei from a penalty. Alfie Devine temporarily tied for the English.
In Cuyo the Argentine team and Nigeria also faced each other with a 2-0 victory for the Africans with goals from Ibrahim Muhammad and Rilwanu Sarki . In the capital of the province of Buenos Aires, the Canarinha beat Tunisia 4 to 1 and advanced. The annotations were by Marcos Leonardo from a penalty, Andrey Santos from a double and Matheus Martins . Mahmoud Ghorbel made up the result for the Africans.
Source imafes: Twitter FIFA World Cup U-20.
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