Argentina left everything but could not beat Brazil and finished third in the South American U-17

The Argentine national team closed its participation in the South American Under 17 championship in Ecuador this Sunday with a narrow loss against Brazil by 3-2, but having achieved the main objective with which it arrived at this contest, which is the qualification for the World Cup in the November category. , which has not yet been assigned a seat.

Riquelme Fillipi, Dudú and Da Mata converted the Brazilian goals, while Agustín Ruberto and Claudio “Diablito Echeverri” from River Plate achieved a partial draw for those led by Diego Placente at the start of the match, after starting off losing in the first stage by 2-2. 0.

The Diablito thing, the Millionaire’s jewel, was superlative: he played eight games, scored five goals and gave 3 assists.

The team led by Diego Placente concluded their participation in the hexagonal with 7 points and qualified for the U17 World Cup along with Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela.

The team led by Diego Placente had a hard time getting into the game, but once inside, they were able to equalize two goals down with goals from Juan Giménez and Claudio ‘Diablito’ Echeverri, and when Brazil took the lead again, they searched until the The draw ended again, encouraged by the Ecuadorian public gathered at the Atahualpa stadium, who looked out for the interests of their team.

At 11 minutes, Riquelme entered the Argentine kitchen and had to shoot twice to get past goalkeeper Florían Díaz, and half an hour into the game, a combination between Luiz Gustavo and Dudu left the Brazilian number 10 alone against the goalkeeper de Unión, whom he beat with a delicate low and crossed shot to score Canarinha’s second goal.

The Brazilians anticipated a comfortable game but Argentina soon closed the gap when central defender Juan Giménez caught a dead ball in the six-yard box after a corner kick, in the 33rd minute.

The game turned into a round trip in the second half and the chances began to follow one another on both sides and with it, also the goals.

The ‘Diablito’ Echeverri made it 2-2 on the scoreboard after 55 minutes after a rebound from the Brazilian goalkeeper inside the area, but only five minutes later Brazil scored their third goal with a header from Da Mata from a free kick. corner.

The Argentine team turned to the attack in the final stretch of the game to rebalance the score, and that meant that Brazil also had very clear chances to widen the difference on the counterattack.

However, there were no more goals, the three whores fell on the side of the Canarinha, and Argentina finished with ten due to the expulsion by direct red of defender Juan Manuel Villalba

For its part, Paraguay, penultimate with four points, beat Chile, last without points in the five games, 1-0 with a goal from César Miño.

Brazil and Argentina were already qualified for the World Cup and the others that reached the two remaining places, Venezuela and the local Ecuador, faced each other at the last minute, with the chance for the latter to be champion of this South American event if they won.

The goals of the match