FIFA U-20 World Cup 2017

Finals

England defeated Venezuela 1-0
Scorer
England: Calvert-Lewin 35'

3rd Place play-off

Italy defeated Uruguay 0-0 (4-1) on penalties

Semifinals

Venezuela defeated Uruguay 1-1 (4-3) on penalties
Scorers
Venezuela: De La Cruz 49'(p)
USA: Sosa 90+1'

England defeated Italy 3-1
Scorers
England: Solanke 66', 88', Lookman 77'
Italy: Orsolini 2'

Quaterfinals

Venezuela defeated USA 2-1 (AET)
Scorers
Venezuela: Peñaranda 96', Ferraresi 115'
USA: Ebobisse 117'

Uruguay defeated Portugal 2-2 (5-4) on penalties
Scorers
Uruguay: Bueno 16', Valverde 50'(p)
Portugal: Silva 1', Gonçalves 41'

Italy defeated Zambia 3-2
Scorers
Italy: Orsolini 50', Dimarco 88', Vido 111'
Zambia: Daka 4', Sakala 84'

England defeated Mexico 1-0
Scorer
England: Solanke 47'

Pre-Quaterfinals

Venezuela defeated Japan 1-0 (AET)
Scorer
Venezuela: Herrera 108'

Portugal defeated South Korea 3-1
Scorers
Portugal: Xadas 10', 69', Bruno Costa 27'
South Korea: Lee Sang-heon 81'

Uruguay defeated Saudi Arabia 1-0
Scorer
Uruguay: de la Cruz 50'(p)

England defeated Costa Rica 2-1
Scorers
England: Lookman 35', 63'
Costa Rica: Leal 89'

Zambia defeated Germany 4-3
Scorers
Zambia: E. Banda 50', F. Sakala 68', Mwepu 86', Mayembe 107'
Germany: Ochs 37', Serdar 89', Arweiler 90+4'

Mexico defeated Senegal 1-0
Scorer
Mexico: Cisneros 89'

Italy defeated France 2-1
Scorers
Italy: Orsolini 27', Panico 53'
France: Augustin 37'(p)

USA defeated New Zealand 6-0
Scorer
USA: Sargent 32', Ebobisse 64', Lennon 65', Glad 76', Trusty 84', Kunga 90+3'

Group Stage

Group A

Matches

England defeated South Korea 1-0
Scorers
England: Dowell 56'

Argentina defeated Guinea 5-0
Scorers
Argentina: Torres 33', La. Martínez 43', 79', Zaracho 50', Senesi 74'

England drew Guinea 1-1
Scorers
England: Cook 53'
Guinea: Tomori 59'(og)

South Korea defeated Argentina 2-1
Scorers
South Korea: Lee Seung-woo 18', Paik Seung-ho 42'(p)
Argentina: Torres 50'

England defeated Argentina 3-0
Scorers
England: Calvert-Lewin 38', Armstrong 52', Solanke 90+3'(p)

South Korea defeated Guinea 3-0
Scorers
South Korea: Lee Seung-woo 36', Lim Min-hyeok 76', Paik Seung-ho 81'

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	England	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Argentina	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	Guinea	3	0	1	2	1	9	-8	1

Group B

Matches

Venezuela defeated Mexico 1-0
Scorer
Venezuela: Córdova 33'

Germany defeated Vanuatu 3-2
Scorers
Germany: Badu 27', Reese 32', Iyoha 50'
Vanuatu: Kalo 52', 77'

Venezuela defeated Vanuatu 7-0
Scorers
Venezuela: Velásquez 30', Córdova 42', 73', Peñaranda 46', Faríñez 56'(p), Hurtado 82', Sosa 89'

Mexico drew Germany 0-0

Venezuela defeated Germany 2-0
Scorers
Venezuela: Peña 51', Córdova 54'

Mexico defeated Vanuatu 3-2
Scorers
Mexico: Magaña 10', Cisneros 25', Álvarez 90+4'
Vanuatu: Kalo 52', Wilkins 62'

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Venezuela	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9
2	Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
4	Vanuatu	3	0	0	3	4	13	-9	0

Group C

Matches

Costa Rica defeated Zambia 1-0
Scorers
Costa Rica: Daly 15'

Portugal defeated Iran 2-1
Scorers
Portugal: Gonçalves 54', Derakhshan Mehr 59'(og)
Iran: Shekari 4'


Zambia defeated Iran 4-2
Scorers
Zambia: F. Sakala 54', Mwepu 59', E. Banda 65', Daka 71'
Iran: Shekari 7', 49'(p)

Portugal drew Costa Rica 1-1
Scorers
Portugal: Gonçalves 32'(p)
Costa Rica: Marin 48'(p)

Zambia defeated Portugal 2-1
Scorers
Zambia: Chilufya 51', F. Sakala 76'
Portugal: Hélder 90+1'

Iran defeated Costa Rica 1-0
Scorers
Iran: Mehdikhani 81'

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zambia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
2	Portugal	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Iran	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3

Group D

Matches

Table Standing

Italy drew Japan 2-2
Scorers
Italy: Orsolini 3', Panico 7'
Japan: Doan 22', 50'

Uruguay drew South Africa 0-0

Italy defeated South Africa 2-0
Scorers
Italy: Orsolini 23'(p), Favilli 57'

Uruguay defeated Japan 2-0
Scorers
Uruguay: Schiappacasse 38', Olivera 90+1'

Japan defeated South Africa 2-1
Scorers
Japan: Ogawa 48', Doan 72'
South Africa: Margeman 7'

Uruguay defeated Italy 1-0
Scorers
Uruguay: Amaral 76'

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uruguay	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1

Group E

Matches

France defeated New Zealand 2-0
Scorers
France: Saint-Maximin 22', 37'

Honduras defeated Vietnam 2-0
Scorers
Honduras: Cruz 76', Álvarez 90+3'


France defeated Vietnam 4-0
Scorers
France: Thuram 18', Augustin 22', 45', Poha 52'

New Zealand defeated Honduras 3-1
Scorers
New Zealand: Bevan 1', 56'(p), Ashworth 23'
Honduras: Álvarez 50'

France defeated Honduras 3-0
Scorers
France: Augustin 15', Harit 44', Terrier 81'

Vietnam drew New Zealand 0-0

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	France	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
2	New Zealand	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Honduras	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3	3
4	Vietnam	3	0	1	2	0	6	-6	1

Group F

Matches

USA drew Saudi Arabia 1-1
Scorers
USA: Lennon 40'
Saudi Arabia: Alamri 74'

Senegal drew Ecuador 0-0

Saudi Arabia defeated Ecuador 2-1
Scorers
Saudi Arabia: Al-Yami 7', 84'
Ecuador: Caicedo 89'

USA defeated Senegal 1-0
Scorer
USA: Sargent 34'


Ecuador drew USA 3-3
Scorers
Ecuador: Lino 5', Cabezas 7', 64'
USA: Sargent 36', 54', de la Torre 90+4'

Senegal defeated Saudi Arabia 2-0
Scorers
Senegal: Niane 13', Diagne 15'

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	USA	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
2	Senegal	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
4	Ecuador	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2

World Cup 2010:Excitement Started

In the two rounds of World Cup 2010 qualifying match most of the big guns struggle. In South American group Paraguay is marching ahead of others. They drew with Argentina 1-1 and defeated Venezuela 2-0 to lead the group with 17 points. Surprisingly, Argentina is struggling in the group. They started well with three consecutive win but now they failed to win in five consecutive matches. Brazil continued their struggling when they failed to defeat 10 men Bolivia at home. Brazil though moved into second position in the group with 3-0 win over Chile. The picture will be clearer with 2 rounds of matches in November. Chile bounced back with 4-0 win over lackluster Columbia.

England surprised everybody including themselves when they defeated Croatia 4-1 in an away match. Earlier they were very lethargic in 2-0 win over Albania. France was crushed by Austria 3-1 though they bounced back to defeat Serbia 2-1. For me Lithuania was the most surprise package this week. They won both their matches. They defeated Austria 2-0 and Romania 3-0. They are at top of their group which includes France. Italy and Spain won both their matches. Italy won 2-0 against Georgia and 2-1 against Cyprus. Spain won 4-0 against Armenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0. Germany drew 3-3 with Finland. Portugal surprisingly lost 2-3 to Denmark in their second match. But the most surprising result in the European leg is Switzerland’s defeat at the hand of Luxembourg at home (1-2).

New Zealand qualified for the next stage when they defeated New Caledonia twice (3-1, 3-0). They will play play-off with the fifth-placed Asian side in 2009 for a berth in World Cup.

Nigeria continued their 100% record. They defeated South Africa 1-0. They have already qualified for the final round of qualifying. Cameroon and Benin also joined Nigeria in the next round. Cameroon defeated Cape Verde Islands 2-1. Benin qualified by defeating Angola 3-2.

In Asia two Koreans played 0-0 draw. Uzbekistan and UAE both lost two consecutive matches. It is long way to go. But with start of the European leg the excitement is fully on.