“It was a wonderful World Cup, from football, dedication and heart,” said coach Diego Placente in the farewell of the Argentine National Team of the Under 17 World Cup, this Friday in Indonesia with a 3-0 defeat against Mali for the third/fourth position.
“This is a group that represented us very well, both in the South American and in this World Cup,” remarked the former left back in dialogue with TyC Sports about his team, who were protagonists in both competitions, but could not win.
Regarding the defeat that the team suffered against Mali, the coach did not mince words and highlighted the representative of the African continent: “He is very strong physically. We knew that we were facing a good team. We made some changes, especially because of the physical. It was difficult for us to go out and change the pace of the game. They were superior.”
Diego Placente, during the defeat against Mali. (NA)
The Argentine journey in the World Cup started with a setback 1-2 against Senegal and, from there, the best of the team was seen: 3-1 against Japan and 4-0 against Poland in the group stage; 5-0 to Venezuela in the round of 16; 3-0 to Brazil in the quarterfinals and 3-3 to Germany in the semis, with a loss on penalties.
Goals for history
The Argentine offensive festival, with 19 goals in 7 games, was nothing less than the best in Albiceleste history in the category, with an average of 2.7 goals per game. The previous highest mark was that of Japan ’93, with 2.3 goals per game and elimination in the first round. On the other hand, the goals against (1.2 per game) is the eighth best in 15 participations.
As if that were not enough, with his eight goals, Agustín Ruberto broke the mark previously held by Fernando Gatti (Ecuador ’95) and Joaquín Ibáñez (Emirates 2013) with four screams each, a figure that was also behind the five celebrations of the Diablito Echeverri.
As a comparison, in the U20 World Cup the top scorer in a competition was Javier Saviola (Argentina 2001) with eleven and then comes Ramón Díaz (Tokyo ’79) with eight, like Ruberto. While in Seniors, the best mark belongs to Guillermo Stábile (Uruguay 1930) with eight goals, ahead of Messi’s 7 in 2022, Kempes’ 6 in ’78 and Diego’s 5 in ’86. That is, if all the men’s World Cups are combined, Ruberto’s is the second best record.
Team numbers
Goalkeepers (matches/goals against)
Jeremías Florentín (Talleres): 6/-7Froilán Díaz (Unión): 1/-2Franco Villalba (Vélez): 1/0
Defenders (games/goals/assists)
Dylan Gorosito (Boca): 7/0/3Tobías Palacio (Argentinos): 7/0/0Octavio Ontivero (Lanús): 7/0/0Juan Giménez (Rosario Central): 6/0/0Juan Villalba (Vélez): 5/0 /0Ulises Giménez (River): 4/0/0Valente Pierani (Students): 1/0/0
Steering wheels
Claudio Echeverri (River): 7/5/1Valentino Acuña (Newell’s): 7/1/3 Acuña and Echeverri, those in charge of game generation. (Press Selection) Mariano Gerez (Lanús): 7/0/0Thiago Laplace (Lanús): 7/1/0Kevin Gutiérrez (Rosario Central): 6/0/0Franco Mastantuono (River): 6/0/1Gutavo Albarracín (Talleres) : 5/0/0
Forwards
Augustin Ruberto (River): 7/8/1Santiago Lopez (Independent): 6/2/1Ian Subiabre (River): 6/1/1Maher Carrizo (Velez): 2/0/0
2023-12-02 03:01:00
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