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

2017 CONMEBOL U-17 Championship

The top four teams will qualify for FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 in India

Final Stage

Results

Brazil defeated Chile 5-0
Scorers:
Brazil: Paulinho 12', Alan Souza 44', 63', 83', Lincoln 80'

Columbia defeated Paraguay 2-1
Scorers:
Columbia: D. Barrerro 40', J. Vidal 66'
Paraguay: M. Sánchez 9'

Venezuela defeated Ecuador 4-2
Scorers:
Venezuela: J. Hurtado 21', J. Echeverría 25' (p), J. Barragán 77', D. Luna 90'
Ecuador: J. Rezabala 37', S. Micolta 46'

Brazil defeated Columbia 3-0
Scorers:
Brazil: Vinicius Junior 24', 52', Alerrandro 69'

Chile defeated Ecuador 1-0
Scorers:
Chile: G. Zúñiga 34'

Paraguay defeated Venezuela 3-1
Scorers:
Paraguay: R. Fernández 2', F. Romero 20', A. Rodríguez 54'
Venezuela: C. Cásseres 90'(p)

Brazil defeated Ecuador 3-0
Scorers:
Brazil: Vinicius Junior 19', 29', Lincoln 55'

Paraguay defeated Chile 2-0
Scorers:
Paraguay: F. Romero 7', M. Sánchez 45'

Columbia drew Venezuela 0-0

Brazil defeated Venezuela 4-0
Scorers:
Brazil: D. Luna 25'(og), Lucas Halter 39', Vinicius Junior 83', Yuri Alberto 90'

Chile defeated Columbia 1-0
Scorer:
Chile: G. Zúñiga 20'

Paraguay drew Ecuador 2-2
Scorers:
Paraguay: J. Rolón 45', R. Fernández 57'
Ecuador: S. Micolta 37', C. Tobar 40'

Brazil drew Paraguay 2-2
Scorers:
Brazil: Lincoln 15', 40'(p)
Paraguay: Sánchez 78', Fernández 82'

Chile defeated Venezuela 1-0
Scorer:
Chile: A. Díaz 37'

Columbia defeated Ecuador 2-1
Scorer:
Columbia: J. Campaz 53', J. Martínez 90'
Ecuador: J. Quiñónez 12'

Table

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	5	4	1	0	17	2	+15	13
2	Chile (H)	5	3	0	2	3	7	-4	9
3	Paraguay	5	2	2	1	10	7	+3	8
4	Columbia	5	2	1	2	4	6	-2	7
5	Venezuela	5	1	1	3	5	10	-5	1
6	Ecuador	5	0	1	4	5	12	-7	1

Round Robin Matches

Group A

Colombia defeated Ecuador 2-1
Scorers:
Colombia: D. Barrerro 72', J. Peñaloza 78'
Ecuador: J. Rezabala

Chile defeated Bolivia 1-0
Scorer:
Chile: S. Valencia 38'

Ecuador defeated Uruguay 1-0
Scorer:
Ecuador: J. Porozo 16'

Chile drew Colombia 1-1
Scorers:
Chile:
Columbia: J. Peñaloza 60'

Colombia defeated Uruguay 3-1
Scorers:
Colombia: J. Peñaloza 38'(p), D. Barrerro 49', J. Campaz 63'
Uruguay: O. Falconis 44'

Ecuador defeated Bolivia 1-0
Scorer:
Ecuador: J. Campos 80'


Bolivia defeated Colombia 3-2
Scorers:
Bolivia: F. Roca 4', S. Melgar 9', F. Roca 56'
Colombia: L. López 77', J. Campaz 80'

Chile drew Uruguay 1-1
Scorers:
Chile: A. Valencia 90'
Uruguay: P. Neris 72'

Uruguay defeated Bolivia 2-0
Scorers:
Uruguay: T. Chacón 45', G. Viera 66'

Chile defeated Ecuador 1-0
Scorer:
Chile: J. Porozo 23'(og)

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chile (H)	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8
2	Columbia	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	7
3	Ecuador	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	6
4	Uruguay	4	1	1	2	4	5	-1	4
5	Bolivia	4	1	0	3	3	6	-3	3

Group B

Venezuela defeated Argentina 1-0
Scorer:
Venezuela: S. Chalbaud 54'

Brazil defeated Peru 3-0
Scorers:
Brazil: Vinicius Junior 14', Marcos Antonio 34', Lincoln 45'(p)

Paraguay defeated Argentina 1-0
Scorer:
Paraguay: F. Romero 19'

Brazil defeated Venezuela 1-0
Scorer:
Brazil: Paulinho 56'

Venezuela drew Paraguay 2-2
Scorers:
Venezuela: E. Ferreira 47', J. Hurtado 68'
Paraguay: A. Galeano 22' (p), N. Morínigo 90'

Argentina defeated Peru 3-0
Scorers:
Argentina: F. Colidio 35', 40', A. Obando 58'

Venezuela defeated Peru 3-2
Scorers:
Venezuela: J. Barragán 21', J. Hurtado 30', C. Makoun 77'
Peru: R. Ibarra 24'(og), G. Sánchez 45'

Brazil drew Paraguay 1-1
Scorers:
Brazil: Vinicius Junior 38'
Paraguay: M. Sánchez 15'(p)

Paraguay defeated Peru 2-0
Scorers:
Paraguay: A. Rodríguez 20', A. Fuentes 43'(og)

Brazil defeated Argentina 2-0
Scorers:
Brazil: Brenner 61', Yuri Alberto 82'

Table Standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	10
2	Paraguay	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	8
3	Venezuela	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
4	Argentina	4	1	0	3	3	4	-1	3
5	Peru	4	0	0	4	2	11	-9	0

South American Youth Football Championship (U20) 2017

Champion

Uruguay - 8th Title  

Final Stages

Final Stage - Results

Uruguay defeated Ecuador 2-1
Scorers
Uruguay: Ardaiz 4', 25'
Ecuador: Lino 65'

Argentina defeated Venezuela 2-0
Scorers
Argentina: La. Martínez 42', 45'

Brazil drew Columbia 0-0


Brazil drew Argentina 2-2
Scorers
Brazil: Richarlison 10', Felipe Vizeu 66'(p)
Argentina: B. Mansilla 26', L. Martínez 90'

Venezuela defeated Uruguay 3-0
Scorers
Venezuela: Mejías 67', Soteldo 70'(p), Chacón 75'(p)

Ecuador defeated Columbia 3-0
Scorers
Ecuador: Cabezas 49', 82', Caicedo 62'

Brazil defeated Venezuela 1-0
Scorers
Brazil: Felipe Vizeu 88'

Uruguay defeated Columbia 3-0
Scorers
Uruguay: Waller 40', Schiappacasse 64', De la Cruz 82'(p)

Ecuador defeated Argentina 3-0
Scorers
Ecuador: Estupiñán 39'(p), Caicedo 57', Cabezas 62'

Argentina defeated Columbia 2-1
Scorers
Argentina: Torres 1', La. Martínez 90'
Columbia: Hernández 56'

Uruguay defeated Brazil 2-1
Scorers
Uruguay: Amaral 59', Viña 90+1'
Brazil: Guilherme Arana 23'

Venezuela defeated Ecuador 4-2
Scorers
Venezuela: Herrera 39', Soteldo 52'(p), Chacón 55', Córdova 63'
Ecuador: Estupiñán 87'(p), Cabezas 90+7'(p)

Columbia drew Venezuela 1-1
Scorers
Columbia: Hernández 85'(p)
Venezuela: Soteldo 35'

Uruguay defeated Argentina 3-0
Scorers
Uruguay: De la Cruz 37', Olivera 40', Amaral 61'

Brazil drew Ecuador 2-2
Scorers
Brazil: Guilherme Arana 15', Maycon 25'
Ecuador: R. Jaramillo 70'(p), P. Estupiñán 78'(p)

Final Stage - Table

Rank(#)	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uruguay	5	4	0	1	10	5	+5	12
2	Ecuador (H)	5	2	1	2	11	8	+3	7
3	Venezuela	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	7
4	Argentina	5	2	1	2	6	9	-3	7
5	Brazil	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	6
6	Columbia	5	0	2	3	2	9	-7	1

Note: Uruguay, Ecuador, Venezuela , and Argentina qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Round Robin Results

Group A 

Columbia drew Paraguay 1-1
Scorers
Columbia: Ceter 88'
Paraguay: S. Ferreira 80'

Brazil defeated Ecuador 1-0
Scorers
Brazil: Felipe Vizeu 51'

Brazil drew Chile 0-0

Ecuador defeated Columbia 4-3;
Scorers
Ecuador: Estupiñán 40', Quintero 51', Cabezas 55'(p), Caicedo 91'
Columbia: Ceter 6', Obregón 37', Valencia 73'

Brazil defeated Paraguay 3-2
Scorers
Brazil: Matheus Sávio 38', Richarlison 56', Felipe Vizeu 64'
Paraguay: Medina 79'(p), 90'

Ecuador drew Chile 1-1
Scorers
Ecuador: Jor. Sierra 6'
Chile: Jos. Sierra 79'

Columbia defeated Brazil 1-0
Scorers
Columbia: Valencia 86'

Paraguay defeated Chile 2-1
Scorers
Paraguay: Báez 32', Paredes 90'
Chile: Jara 81'

Columbia defeated Chile 1-0
Scorers
Columbia: Valencia 4'

Ecuador defeated Paraguay 2-1
Scorers
Ecuador: Corozo 19', Lino 21'
Paraguay: Báez 46'

Ecuador, Columbia and Brazil qualified for the final stage of the championship.

Group A - Table

Rank(#)	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ecuador (H) (Q)	4	2	1	1	7	6	1	7
2	Columbia (Q)	4	2	1	1	6	5	1	7
3	Brazil (Q)	4	2	1	1	4	3	1	7
4	Paraguay	4	1	1	2	6	7	-1	4
5	Chile	4	0	2	2	2	4	-1	2

Group B

Uruguay drew Venezuela 0-0

Argentina drew Peru 1-1
Scorers
Argentina: La. Martíne 89'
Peru: Siucho 11'

Bolivia defeated Peru 2-0
Scorers
Bolivia: Monteiro 54', Miranda 88'

Argentina drew Uruguay 3-3
Scorers
Argentina: M. Torres 24' 74', A. Rogel 90'(og)
Uruguay: R. Amaral 4', N. De La Cruz 45'(p), N. Schiappacase 82'

Peru drew Venezuela 1-1
Scorers
Peru: Siucho 55'
Venezuela: Herrera Goal 88'

Argentina defeated Bolivia 5-1
Scorers
Argentina: Torres 22', 42', Mansilla 35', Conechny 54', Rodríguez 68'
Bolivia: R. Vaca 70'

Bolivia drew Venezuela 0-0

Uruguay defeated Peru 2-0
Scorers
Uruguay: Amaral 8'(p), Schiappacasse 63'

Uruguay defeated Bolivia 3-0
Scorers
Uruguay:Rogel 17', Bentancur 43', Amaral 82'

Argentina drew Venezuela 0-0

Uruguay, Argentina and Venezuela qualified for the final stage of the championship.

Group B - Table

Rank(#)	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uruguay (Q)	4	2	2	0	8	3	5	8
2	Argentina (Q)	4	1	3	0	9	5	4	6
3	Venezuela (Q)	4	0	4	0	1	1	0	4
4	Bolivia	4	1	1	2	3	8	-5	4
5	Peru	4	0	2	2	2	6	-4	2

Brazil, Italy and Argentina started with a Win

Brazil struggled to beat 9 men Belgium in their opening match in group C. Hernanes scored a magnificent goal in the 79th minute for Brazil. Brazil struggled for most of the part of the match. In another match of group C host China drew 1-1 with New Zealand.

Messi was the star for Argentina. He helped Argentina to register 2-1 win over brilliant Ivory Coast in group A. Messi scored a goal and also assist the second. Australia drew with Serbia 1-1.

USA defeated Japan 1-0 in their opening match. Italy registered a easy 3-0 win over Honduras. Cameroon drew 1-1 with Korea and Nigeria drew 0-0 with Netherlands.

CAS Ruling

I am very disappointed with CAS ruling. According to me a player should give more priority for his country than club. I do not understand why one should not be playing as he likes.

Olympic Football 2008: Argentina and Nigeria are favorites

Argentina Hot Favorite

In my last article, I have written will Brazil win the elusive Olympic gold medal. They are taking a strong team no doubt. Now let us discuss about the prospect of other teams. Last time gold medalist Argentina is hot favorite. They have won the under-20 FIFA World cup in 2005 and 2007. They are bringing their U-20 stars along with Messi to challenge other teams. Argentina is placed in Group A along with Côte d'Ivoire, Australia and Serbia. They will face little challenge on their way to second round. They may face Netherlands or Nigeria in quarterfinal. There is mouth watering match can be a possible in semi final, Brazil vs Argentina. If it happens Olympic football will reach dizzy height with stars like Messi, Robinho and Ronaldinho will play.

African Challenge

Recently Africa teams are doing very well in Olympic football. Cameroon, Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire will lead the African challenge. Nigeria which won the Under-17 2007 World cup will be another favorite. Nigeria should qualify for quarterfinal from group B. Their main challenger will be Netherlands. USA and Japan can cause few upsets here. Cameroon is placed in group D having Italy as the main challenger. Honduras and Korea are the other team. Côte d'Ivoire has to beat Australia and Serbia to qualify from this group along with Argentina.

European Challenge

Spain is the last European country to win gold medal in 1992. I doubt Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Serbia will emulate Spain in this year tournament. Netherlands won bronze medal in 1908, 1912, and 1920. Italy won gold medal in 1936, and bronze in 1928 and 2004.

Kick off

The tournament starts on 7th Aug’08 with eight matches. We have two very interesting match. Argentina will meet Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria will face Netherlands. In other notable matches Brazil meets Belgium, Cameroon meets Korea Republic, and Italy meets Honduras. So from the first day the tournament will be in top gear. I think teams will follow the attacking football seen in Euro 2008. Argentina , Brazil and Nigeria will lead the pack for attacking football.