Brazil Champion of the South American Sub-20 After the unexpected 2-3 victory of Paraguay about Argentina In the fifth and final day of the final hexagonal of the category championship that Venezuela houses since January 23. Those of Ramon Menezes thus reached their title number 13, the second online after conquering the tournament played in Colombia in 2023 and had previously secured one of the quotas of South America for the Chilean U-20 World Cup.
Argentina ended in second place in the championship, with 10 points, three less than La Verdeamerela, and will also be at the World Cup event. Colombia, which won Uruguay 1-3 this Sunday, ended in third place and Paraguay said goodbye in fourth place with a deserved 2-3 before a lethargen Albiceleste.
Santana (Brazil) disputes a ball with Pizarro (Chile)
The Paraguayans gave the surprise in the closing of the South American, putting an Argentina on the strings that jumped to the court with a goal difference of +7 in favor of Brazil. Luca Kmet, Tiago Caballero and Diego León were the authors of the goals of the Albirroja, a result that did justice to the domain of the Guarani over the squad that guides coach Diego Pleta. A double of Maher Carrizo (m.52 and m.66) comforted the Argentines, who were surpassed in large sections of the commitment for their peers.
Paraguay turned to his bitter start, when he ran out of technician after the departure of the Argentine Aldo Duscher, who was replaced by the National Antolin Alcaraz after the 6-0 defeat he suffered against Uruguay.
The Argentine Echeverri launches a foul against Paraguay
Since the initial minutes, the Albirroja imposed the tonic of a commitment in which its strikers took the spaces in the rival area, while the Argentines tried to contain the attack. Caballero made the Argentine crossbar tremble with a Zapatazo that shook the José Antonio Anzoátegui Olympic stadium, just a minute after the initial beep.
The ration was repeated a minute later, when a shot by Alán Morínigo demanded Argentine goalkeeper Jeremiah Martinet. It was precisely Martinet in charge of containing the Guaraní onslaught, which felt strongly in the first stage.
The break returned to the Argentines the tranquility of rehearsing attack actions, which allowed Carrizo to mark the discount, in the 52nd minute, and reach a momentary equality, in 66. However, León sentenced the triumph in minute 82 from Paraguay, which was held from the stands by the Brazilian team, who on Sunday turned the Olympic.
In the fifth position of the classification, Chile, classified in advance for being host of the U-20 World Cup that will be played from September 27 to October 19.
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At the end of the table, Uruguay was, with a point, far from his last performance, when he was runner -up in the South American who housed Colombia two years ago and World Cup champion that was held in Argentina in the same year, in the final in the final in the final in the that defeated Italy.
