For its entry into the U20 World Cup, New Caledonia bowed 9 goals 1 against the United States. Pierre Wajoka’s formation did not resist the precision of his opponent.
Unsurprisingly, Cagous amateurs were quickly surpassed by a team made up of 100% players playing in reserves of American and European professional clubs. The Caledonian selection of under 20s was baptism of fire this Tuesday, September 30, in the World Cup, a competition that takes place in Chile.
From the 2e Minute of play, the middle of Parma (Serie A), Benjamin Cremaschi, is at the conclusion, at the first post, of a triangle game initiated on the left side in the back of the defense. It is still he who, a few minutes later, instantly resumed a center set back by a defender to bring the scoring to 2-0.
On the next action, the Caledonians react and create one of their rare occasions. Damien Ujicas, launched in depth, puts himself on his right foot at twenty meters to trigger an unwrapped rolled shot. The realism is American and, in the process, Benjamin Cremaschi eliminates a defender in the area to lay a center on the head of Tsakiris (3-0, 7th).
Despite several Noah Mouche-Muller parades in the cages, such as that made on the Côte Campbell cross shot from the Borussia Dortmund reserve (27th), the addition is Corsican. On the following corner, Frankie Westfield cuts the trajectory to the first post and places her head in force in the nets (4-0, 28th).
The Americans will add three more goals in the first period to lead 7-0 to the break, then two others in the second half thanks to Habroune and Campbell. Only consolation, on the Cagous side, the goal scored by Antoine Simane on an enormous recovery error of the American goalkeeper (70th).
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“My players gave everything despite the big difficulty. They knew how to have this ability to respond, to run and to score this goal that makes us feel good”commented coach Cagou Pierre Wajoka. “In the players’ state of mind we took the 2e Purpose very early, we did not quickly adapt, and then in the 2nd half we were able to correct the shot a little by putting a 5-4-1 “a stronger team training in defense.
The next duel for Pierre Wajoka players will be against South Africa, beaten 2-1 by France in the 80th minute, Friday at 10 a.m.
