Mascherano’s boys added another elimination in San Juan

“We knew that if we made any mistake we were going to pay for it. The two mistakes we made penalize us too much. The team tried by all means, the boys left everything, we couldn’t be effective. Football is like that, sometimes it hits you, sometimes sometimes it takes away and that’s it”said the DT of the Sub 20 Selection.
“In this game, sometimes the merit has nothing to do with the result. It hurts our soul, but life goes on. I leave with the peace of mind that today it was us, the team showed a lot of calm when playing We played the game we had to play”complete.

The Selection directed by Javier Mascherano did not materialize the chances in the moments of dominance and suffered the forcefulness of the Africans, who won 2-0.
The Albiceleste had not been able to qualify for this World Cup by their own means.

Gauto overflowed and the ball traveled the entire goal line without anyone being able to push it.
The Huracán striker himself had her stinging in front of the goal and missed.
A game in which the Albiceleste had no luck, which is left out of ‘their’ World Cup.

Rilwanu Sarki he pushed with his head after a smackdown by Victor Eletu against Giay.
History sentenced in San Juan with 2-0.

Véliz brought it down on the edge of the six-yard box and Gino Infantino, turning, hit the only defender he had left to dodge to score the tie.

The attacker from Lazio from Italy hit a right hand from mid-distance that blew off the right post.

Gauto enabled it with a pass that was long for ‘9’, who instead of looking for the center behind wanted to define uncomfortable and threw it out.

Gino Infantino e Ignacio Master Puch a the field to try to trace history.
They left carbon y Aviles.

Luka Romero crossed with his left foot into the heart of the area and the Inter midfielder was unable to connect fully to hit the goal.

The DT of the Argentine National Team puts Juan Gauto in for Brian Aguirre to try to modify the offensive dynamics and reach a draw.

The African team was more aggressive in the second half, which found a solitary run from Ibrahim Muhammad, who defined a cross against Gomes Gerth to make it 1-0.

Umeh Emmanuel tried from medium distance and the crossbar said no to Nigeria.

The left side of the Argentine National Team got into the area, hit a kick but Chijioke Aniagboso rejected it with his feet at the near post.

Argentina, unchanged, wants to maintain the pace it proposed in the first 45 minutes against Nigeria. They draw 0-0.

La Albiceleste was the protagonist, had possession of the ball and generated at least six dangerous situations.
He lacked depth, it is true, and he has to take care of the counterattacks from the Africans.

The central midfielder of the National Team arrived untimely from behind on a rival and justifiably earned the warning.

Argentina does everything well until the final 20 meters, when Nigeria’s tight defense does not leave them comfortable.
Barco overflowed on the left and put a cross to the near post, where the ‘9’ tried with an acrobatic movement.

The Rosario Central center forward rose on the penalty spot and hit a cross from the right, but was unable to get the ball down, which went over the crossbar.

The clarity of the albiceleste team in San Juan faded and Nigeria does not suffer in defense, while waiting crouched for a counterattack.

The ’10’ got into the area, turned on his mark, but the left-footed shot had no direction and went far from the goal defended by Chijioke Aniagboso.

The Italian Lazio striker, who earned his place as a starter, finished off from outside the area but missed the goal.
The prominence is from Argentina, with the push of the public.

Argentina y Nigeria They are looking for a ticket to the quarterfinals of the Under 20 World Cup.
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They thrashed Tunisia 4-0, despite playing with one less player throughout the second half.
Israel will be their next stumbling block, next Saturday for the quarterfinals.
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Tomás Ángel scored the second of his personal tally for the 4-0 victory for the coffee team, which will join the already classified United States and Israel. In the other duel of the day, Brazil beat Tunisia 2-0 but plays with ten.

After a goalless first half against Slovakia, the coffee team went up 3-0 with goals from Oscar Cortés, Yaser Asprilla and Tomás Ángel.

The albiceleste coach explained how he tries to take the pressure off the youth players before this Wednesday’s clash with a full court at the Bicentenario stadium in San Juan. I read the note here.

At the end of the first half, Robert was sent off for a violation that prevented what could be the discount for Tunisia. When leaving the field, he pointed to the shield and marked the five stars for the fans who loved him in La Plata.

In La Plata, the team led by Ramón Menezes Hubner extended the lead after 31 minutes. At 6:00 p.m., Mascherano’s team faces Nigeria in San Juan.

While waiting for Argentina’s game, in La Plata Brazil beat Tunisia 1-0, after Marcos Leonardo converted a penalty after 11 minutes. In San Juan, for its part, Colombia faces Slovakia.

Three hours before the round of 16 match, Mascherano has three doubts regarding the 11 that will take the field: Avilés or Di Lollo, Redondo or Perrone and Soulé or Romero.

In the hours before the National Team match, in San Juan there is talk about the possible presence of Lionel Scaloni at the Bicentenario stadium to closely observe Javier Mascherano’s team.

The duel between the National Team and the Africans brings back the memory of the conquest of the national team in the 2005 Sub-20 World Cup in the Netherlands.

“A difficult stop is coming,” announces the official account of the National Team on Twitter, referring to the clash with the Africans and playing with the spot in which the Sub 20 kids appear on top of a bus.

As in football the mysteries are minuscule, the match that Javier Mascherano imagines against Nigeria is not different from what can be foreseen: the National Team will take the leading role of the game through possession and the Africans will wait withdrawn, also trying to take the duel to the physical terrain. Yes, Argentina will have a compelling rival in the round of 16 of the Under 20 World Cup… Continue reading.

In addition to the action in San Juan, in La Plata there will also be matches for the round of 16 of the Under 20 World Cup. There they will play Brazil against Tunisia and England against Italy, in a double day that starts at 2:30 p.m. The eighth began yesterday with two games: United States 4-New Zealand 0 and Israel 1-Uzbekistan 0.

Colombia, one of the five South American teams classified to the round of 16, will face Slovakia today in the prelude to Argentina’s match against Nigeria, in San Juan. The match will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the same stadium as the Albiceleste duel, with arbitration by Saudi Mohammed Al Hoish and broadcast by Directv Sports.

Argentina more than met its initial goal as it closed the group stage with an ideal score after having won its three games: Uzbekistan (2-1), Guatemala (3-0) and New Zealand (5-0). Nigeria presents itself as a rival to watch out for, although it qualified third in group D, it did so with the same points as Brazil and Italy in the most complicated area of ​​the World Cup.

18 years after the World Cup final in the Netherlands, which meant the fifth of the six titles that Argentina has in this category, the national team will once again face Nigeria. On that occasion, a young Lionel Messi, barely 18 years old, scored both goals in the 2-1 victory and won his first title with the “albiceleste”.