Uruguay are the champions of the Under-20 World Cup

Ignatius by Pablo MargiottaJune 11, 2023, 19:28 ETReading: 3 min.

Friday–Th Uruguay National Team Sub-20 Not only throughout but also showed a lot of character World Cup, But most of all a 1-0 win over Italy in the final And stay with you First World Cup in the division of History, with Luciano Rodriguez scored in the 86′ It unleashed a frenzy among the 38,000 Uruguayans at the Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona and 3 million cheered.

Uruguay celebrates after Luciano Rodriguez scores in the U20 World Cup final.PA

At the start of the match, Uruguay Out of the rhythm of the public, a pressing Italy He couldn’t make plays or find attacking companies. From where we go, The The atmosphere was suffocating But in the middle of the field he recovered many balls and ordered to hurt the Europeans.

But he did not succeed. Despite the dominance and opportunities it created, The The first half was scoreless, though with a sense of Celeste being superior. It was. A shot Fabricio Diaz In the 10′ he hit the outside of the net which was defended by Desplanches. Also clear is 22′, when Anderson Duarte He connected with a header from Díaz’s corner and demanded too much from a goalkeeper who excelled at deflecting headers.

The Azzurri, for their part, didn’t find it despite letting their talented footballers command the game and had to commit themselves to defending close to their area. Neither does Cassade, Neither is Baldancy, Under heavy pressure from Uruguay’s midfield, the well-timed Bafundi also failed to produce the ball. between Damian Garcia And Fabricio Diaz To understand when to press, play and move on.

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He half time He left with some people Little taste For those led by Broly for two reasons: because they Too high and unable to open the scoring and the question was whether they could sustain the momentum Throughout the 90′ ​​(and a possible stretch) it settled down.

But in the fill, Celeste came out with the same drive to fight every ball, and apart from one plateau, neither of them could condition, and they were unscathed.

It was in the last 10′ that the game was broken. Firstly, due to Matteo Bratti’s heavy foul on Fabrizio Diaz and a direct hit to the knee. Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg was deemed red, But he was turned yellow at the request of VAR, creating a lot of anger from the Uruguayan public, footballers and the substitute bench.

But far from infatuation, Uruguay focused and they got a very precious cry in the next game. A corner by Fabrizio Díaz, La Celeste pushed, ended with a series of found rebounds. Luciano Rodríguez headed just beyond the reach of the Italian goalkeeper A nation in suspense for its first-ever World Champions in this category brought peace of mind. It was reviewed and confirmed at VAR’s request, so it was shouted twice.

Italy realized at that point that they had to take advantage of the 11′ added time and go for the game. La Celeste defended well near its territory and was unscathed. “Sepillo” Gonzalez had his clearest chance on a counterattack that he couldn’t define, but he never gave in to an opponent who didn’t show much light to trouble him.

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The final whistle, “Uruguay Noma” and the cry of a crowd confirmed what the team had achieved: entering the history of the under-20 world champions, football taking revenge on two runner-ups and crowning a worthy champion. , he showed courage, football, bravery and a lot of camaraderie to be crowned. Because despite injuries and setbacks, he had a long team and a sports team that turned one piece into another to search until it was found.

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