Chile2025U20MWC: Spain Sends Home Ukraine by a Lone Goal in R16 Game.9
…Awaits Winner of Colombia Versus South Africa for The Quarterfinal.
Pablo after scoring the goal.
Former world U20 male football champions ant two times Silver medalist, La Rojita of Spain on Tuesday night sent home former Champions and war torn Ukraine by a lone goal in the first Round of 16 games played in Chile.
Pablo Garcia who was getting his second goal of the tournament scored from a set piece taken by Rodri Mendoza in the 24th minute of the game.
Spain completely controlled the game and stubborn Ukraine at war and on the field of play would have gone back home with a basket full of goals if not that the Spanish wanted to score just from the six yard box.
From the 8-9 shots at goal of Spain, she got 3-1 shots on target; controlled the pace of the game stringing 718-313 with a large 71-29% ball possession; a bit on edge with foul calls of 12-13 that resulted in 2-1 yellow cards of which Ukraine committed a yellow card deserving foul in added time when Spain was piling much pressure on the Ukrainian defence that increased conceded corner kicks to 2-5 in favor of Spain.
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Spain had piped mighty Samba Boys of Brazil 1-0 in their last group C match where she emerged lucky loser in 3rd place with 4 points, 3 goals scored and 4 conceded after Morocco of Africa that topped the group;Mexico as group’s runners-up and Brazil sent home.
Ukraine in their last group B match pummeled Paraguay 3-1 to top the group with 7 points scoring 5 goals and conceding 3 ahead of Paraguay that emerged group’s runner-up, South Korea was 3rd and all three teams scheduled to play the Round of 16 games.
Ukraine was making her 4th appearances at the Mundial which she won at Poland 2019 beating South Korea 3-1 in the finals after beating Italy by a lone goal in the semifinal. It was at that tournament that Norway International and Manchester City of Britain talisman, Erling Haaland emerged top scorer with 9 goals.
Spain at Soviet Union 1985 lost the final to Brazil 0-1 after extra time; placed 4th at Qatar 95 when she lost to Paraguay 2-3; won the trophy in Abuja, Nigeria 1999 when she stopped Japan 4-0 and at the UAE 2003 again lost the final to Brazil by a lone goal.
Spain awaits the winner of the Round of 16 games between Colombia and South Africa in the quarterfinal to be played at Talca on Saturday at 9pm.
At midnight tonight, hosts Chile will meet Mexico in another Round of 16 games and the winner of this match will meet the Winner of the Argentina versus Nigeria Round of 16 games in the quarterfinal scheduled for Santiago on Saturday 11th October.
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria will seek to make an encore victory over the Little Onions (one of their three nicknames) of Argentina when both will trade tackles in the Round of 16 of the U20 world Male Football cup at Pradanos, Chile on Wednesday at 8:30pm Nigerian time.
Last time both met was at the same stage of the 2023 competition hosted by Argentina when Nigeria diffused the tears absorbing Onions at San Juan before a crowd of 27,179 fans under Ref Glenn Nyberg of Sweden when Ibrahim Muhamed scored at the 61st minute and Riliwanu Sarki sealed it at 90+1 minute.
Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line.
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