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The Under 20 World Cup fixture: Argentina will meet Uzbekistan, Guatemala and New Zealand and will play in Santiago del Estero and San Juan

2023-04-21T19:35:15.029Z


After the draw in Zurich, FIFA released the match schedule for the tournament. The Argentine National Team will be part of group A with Uzbekistan, Guatemala and New Zealand in the Under 20 World Cup , which it will host between May 20 and June 11. Brazil , another of the great candidates, was placed in group D, the most complex a priori, along with Italy, Nigeria and the Dominican Republic, rookie in the tournament.  FIFA held this Friday at its headquarters in Zurich, Swi


The

Argentine National Team

will be part of group A with Uzbekistan, Guatemala and New Zealand in the

Under 20 World Cup

, which it will host between May 20 and June 11.

Brazil

, another of the great candidates, was placed in group D, the most complex a priori, along with Italy, Nigeria and the Dominican Republic, rookie in the tournament. 

FIFA held this Friday at its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, the draw for the competition, which will be played with

an initial phase with six groups of four teams, after which the two best groups and the four best third-placed teams will qualify for the round of 16

.

Mendoza, San Juan, La Plata and Santiago del Estero will be the venues, as confirmed by the AFA.

Argentina, the team that won the most titles in the category with six Olympic rounds to its credit, will participate as organizer, after FIFA granted it the organization after withdrawing it from Indonesia due to the situation generated by the request of the governor of Bali to veto the Israeli participation.

Included in the seeding hype, defined by the points added in the last five editions of these World Cups, the Albiceleste was drawn in group A, with Uzbekistan, Guatemala and New Zealand.

The debut will be on Saturday, May 20, on the opening day, against the reigning Asian champions at the Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero, the same venue where they will play three days later against Guatemala.

The duel against the oceanic will be on Friday, May 26 at the San Juan Bicentennial.

The times have not yet been confirmed. 

The path of the national team, consequently, can take three different paths in case of not being eliminated in the initial round.

If he wins the zone he will go against one of the best third parties.

It can be group C (Senegal, Colombia, Japan and Israel), group D (Italy, Brazil, Nigeria and the Dominican Republic) or group E (Uruguay, England, Iraq and Tunisia).

If he finishes second in the initial phase, the second in group C (Senegal, Colombia, Japan and Israel) will await him.

And if he ends up in third place and is one of those who go through to the round, he could play against the winner of that same group or with the winner of group B (United States, Ecuador, Fiji and Slovakia).

Beyond the different scenarios to go in search of the seventh youth world cup, the concrete thing is that Mascherano already knows his first three rivals and now he has to bring out all his power of conviction to be able to put together the best possible team with the largest amount of Europibes.

It is that the Under 20 World Cup is not among the tournaments in which FIFA forces the clubs to give up their players. That is why it will depend on the good will of the European entities and the AFA negotiations.

Among those awaiting that permit, without a doubt, is Alejandro Garnacho, the striker of Argentine origin born in Spain, who opted for the albiceleste colors long ago and who would be the great jewel of this team.

At 18, he plays a prominent role at Manchester United.

Luka Romero (Lazio), Máximo Perrone (Manchester City), Nicolás Paz (Real Madrid) and Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton), who are also awaiting authorization, as well as the locals Valentín Barco (Boca) and Federico Redondo (Argentinos Juniors), Jr. of Fernando Redondo, will be some of the players to follow

the other groups

Brazil, winner on five occasions, the last one in 2011, will be part of group D

, with Italy, the team led by Carmine Nunziata, who is participating for the third time in a row and who started as seed, along with Nigeria and the Dominican Republic, debutant in a Sub 20 with Israel.

The Brazilian team, led by Ramón Menezes on an interim basis, is preparing the competition this week in Spain with a tournament in Cádiz, without striker Endrick Felipe Moreira, already committed to Real Madrid by 2024. 

From the seeded group,

Uruguay went to group E with England, winner six years ago, Iraq and Tunisia.

After having lost the South American final of the category against Brazil, Marcelo Broli's Uruguayans will seek their first title, with Villarreal's Andrés Ferrari and initially without Madrid's Álvaro Rodríguez.

The teams from Senegal, the United States and France also started from the main drum.

The African team will be a rival in Group C for Colombia, the team led by Héctor Cárdenas and that after eleven appearances will try to surpass the third place of 2003, Japan and debutant Israel.


The United States

will be in Group B along with Ecuador, Miguel Bravo's "Tri" who qualified after beating Paraguay on the last day and Venezuela's defeat against Colombia, as well as Fiji, who is participating for the second time after having done so. in 2015, and Slovakia.

France is chasing its second title 10 years after the one achieved in Turkey against Uruguay.

It will do so within group F, in which they will face South Korea, Gambia and Honduras, a team that returns to the competition with the aim of overcoming the group stage for the first time and after conceding nine goals from Norwegian Erling Haaland in the last edition of Poland 2019, in which Ukraine took the title against South Korea.

Juan Pablo Sorin, in charge of the U20 World Cup draw. Photo: Captura TV.

The draw included the participation of

Juan Pablo Sorin

, Argentine captain in the Qatar 1995 edition, FIFA legend and participant in two World Cups, together with David Trezeguet, world champion with France in 1998, and before him the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, thanked both the AFA and the national government "for hosting this fantastic event".

"Argentina's credentials are enormous for this tournament as organizer, because they are the current champion and I congratulate them once again for having achieved their third overall title in Qatar. It is a country that lives football and bringing this World Cup to Argentina will be a tremendous inspiration. for future stars," he said.

Claudio Tapia, AFA president, thanked FIFA for "the opportunity to host this World Cup."

"I think it's going to be the best Junior World Cup ever. Make yourself at home, we're going to try to make it an unforgettable event for everyone," he added.

The groups

- Group A:

Argentina, New Zealand, Uzbekistan and Guatemala

- Group B:

United States, Ecuador, Fiji and Slovakia

- Group C:

Senegal, Colombia, Japan and Israel

- Group D:

Italy, Brazil, Nigeria and Dominican Republic

- Group E:

Uruguay, England, Iraq and Tunisia

- Group F:

France, South Korea, Honduras and The Gambia.

Source: EFE

Source: clarin

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