The Cuba soccer team starts this Sunday its participation in the U-20 World Cup, which is held in Chile, with a difficult debut against Argentina, six times champion of the tournament.
He Caribbean team He got his classification after a historical tour in the Norte Football Confederation, Central America and the Caribbean (Concacaf).
In that phase, Nicaragua beat 2-1, then Jamaica won 3-0 and, in the quarterfinals, he surprised to defeat Honduras, one of the favorites in the region.
That triumph gave him, for the second time in his history, a quota at the World Cup, said the agency Latin press.
Located in Group D with Argentina, Italy and Australia, the Antillana squad faces a major challenge.
“We are within the 24 privileged nations of participating in a World Cup and where the best of each region competes,” the president of the Football Federation of Cuba, Oliet Rodríguez, told Latin.
He also said that “it is not a matter of luck”, since any pairing would have been equally demanding.
The team captain, Karel Pérez, plays in Portugal with the Vianense and accumulates 12 games in the absolute selection of Cubawhich makes it one of the key pieces of the squad. Other members militate in clubs in Central America.
The debut of the Cubans in front of Argentina will be played at the Elías Figueroa de Valparaíso stadium.
It Italy and Australia will face each other later, while Spain will be measured with Morocco and Brazil with Mexico at the National Stadium of Santiago.
