Colombia and Israel equalize 0-0 at the start of the second day of the Sub 20 World Cup

After the first matchday of the Argentina 2023 Under 20 World Cup, which debuted with a 2-1 victory for the Albiceleste team against Uzbekistan among the first four games, the activity will continue this Sunday with the same number of matches. At 3:00 p.m. Israel-Colombia and Nigeria-Dominican Republic play. In the second shift, starting at 6:00 p.m., Senegal-Japan and Italy-Brazil will meet in the strongest duel on Sunday.

Israel – Colombia

The youth team from Colombia and its counterpart from Israel will play their first match this Sunday in the U-20 World Cup that is being held in Argentina, in one of the matches of the day and in Group C, which also includes Senegal and Japan. . The match is played in the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium of La Plata and is transmitted by Directv Sports 610.

The “Coffee Growers”, directed by Héctor Cárdenas, arrive at this World Cup after having classified third in the South American of the category that had them as locals and in which they left Argentina out.

Figures like Andrés Salazar and Óscar Cortés appear among the footballers to follow for a team that will seek to start off on the right foot in La Plata.

For its part, Israel comes to this tournament with a continental base that led them to play the Under-19 European Championship and be runner-up, after losing to England.

It will be the first time that an Israeli national team will play a U-20 World Cup, where midfielder Oscar Gloukh, from Red Bull Salzburg in Austria, will be their notable absence.

Formations:

Israel: Tomer Zarfati; lay Feingold, Or Israelov, Stav Lemkin, Roy Revivo; El Yam Kancepolsky, Eli Madmon, Roy Revivo; Ariel Lugasi, Thai Abed; Dor Turgeman. DTOfir Haim

Colombia: Luis Marquines; Edier Ocampo, Fernando Álvarez, Kevin Mantilla, Andrés Salazar; Gustavo Puerta, Oscar Cortes, Johan Torres, Yaser Asprilla; Miguel Monsalve, Jorge Cabezas. DT: Hector Cardenas.

Estadio: Diego Armando Maradona from La Plata.

Referee: Juan Calderon (Costa Rica)

TV: Directv Sports 610

Nigeria – Dominican Republic

The teams from Nigeria and the Dominican Republic play their first match for the U-20 World Cup that is being held in Argentina, in Group D. The match takes place at the Malvinas Argentinas Stadium of the Mendoza capital and will be televised by TyC Sports 2 y TyC Sports Play.

Both countries share the same group as Brazil and Italy, in what was called the “Group of Death” after the draw and will play from 6:00 p.m. on the same Mendoza stage.

Formations:

Nigeria: Kingsley Aniagboso; Daniel Bameyi, Benjamin Fredrick, Abel Ogwuche and Solomon Agbalaka; Tochukwu Nadi, Daniel Saga, Samson Lawal; Ibrahim Muhammad, Jude Sunday and Salim Lawal. DT: Ladan Bosso

Dominican Republic: Xavier Valdez; William Of Rock, Kleffer Tuesday, Israel Boatwright, William of Rock; Angel Mountains, Yordy Alvarez, Derek Caves, Edison Azcona, Yunior Peralta; and Anyelo Gomez. DT: Walter Manuel Benitez

Estadio: Argentine Falklands of Mendoza.

Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

TV: TyC Sports 2 y TyC Sports Play

Senegal – Japan

Senegal and Japan will make their debut in the Under 20 World Cup, this Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Diego Armando Maradona Stadium from La Plata. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will be broadcast by DirecTV Sports 613.

It will be a duel of styles with the speed and dynamics of the Japanese players, while on the opposite side there will be the skill and physical rudeness of the African team. It is a clash that promises in the Cuyo enclosure.

Probable formations:

Senegal: Landing Badge; Amidou Diop, Babacar N’diaye, Seydou Sano, Souleymane Basse; Mamadou Lamine Camara, The Best of Mamadou Lamine Camara, Pape Diop, Samba Diallo; Souleymane Faye – The Best Of Souleymane Faye. DT: Malick Daf.

Japan: Ryoya Kimura; Niko Takahashi, Hayato Tanaka, Kota Takai, Hayate Matsuda; Takatora Einaga, Kuryu Matsuki, Riku Yamane, Yusei Yashiki; Sota Kitano y Naoki Kumata. DT: Koichi Togash.

Estadio: Diego Armando Maradona of La Plata

Referee: Serdar Gozubuyuk (Países Bajos)

Hour: 18.00

TV: Directv Sports 613

Italy – Brazil

Brazil and Italy will be the most outstanding game on Sunday at the Under 20 World Cup. The “Verdeamarelho” team and the “Azzurros” will play one of the two matches in Group D, in which Nigeria and the Dominican Republic will also participate. The Malvinas Argentinas Stadium in Mendoza will be the scene of this great match between two teams with figures and candidates for history and soccer players. The duel will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will be televised by TyC Sports and TyC Sports Play.

In the case of Brazil, without the figure of Vítor Roque, the attacker for Atlético Paranaense, who was not loaned out by his club. Yes, Andrey Santos will be there, on loan to Vasco da Gama from Chelsea of ​​England.

Their rival, Italy, arrives at this World Cup event after being a semifinalist in the last two editions of the Under-20 World Cups, although their best position was a third place in the history of the Under-20 Youth World Cups.

Probable formations:

Italia: Sebastiano Desplanches; Riccardo Turicchia, Daniele Ghilardi, Alessandro Fontanarosa and Samuel Giovane; Giacomo Faticanti, Cesare Casadei and Luca Lipani; Tommaso Baldanzi; Giuseppe Ambrosino and Simone Pafundi. DT: Carmine Nunziata.

Brazil: Mycael; Arthur, Robert Renan, Kaiki Bruno, Jean Pedroso; Andrey Santos, Marlon Gomes; Guilherme Biro, Matheus Martins, Marlon Gomes and Marcos Leonardo. DT: Ramon Menezes.

Estadio: Argentine Falklands of Mendoza

Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

Hour: 18.00

TV: TyC Sports y TyC Sports Play

With information from Telam:

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