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3-1! 3-2! A crazy night at the World Youth Championship: 2 places in the last 4, European teams swept up, Brazil out

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In the early morning of June 4, Beijing time, the U20 World Cup (also known as the World Youth Championship) held in Argentina ended two round-of-8 matches, the Israeli men's football team eliminated the Brazilian men's football team 3-2, the Italian men's football team eliminated the Colombian men's football team 3-1, and the top 4 produced 2 places in advance, all of which were covered by 2 European regional teams, and 2 South American teams were out early at the same time.

Brazil vs Israel

3-1! 3-2! A crazy night at the World Youth Championship: 2 places in the last 4, European teams swept up, Brazil out

This is Brazil's return to the World Youth Championships after 8 years, Israel ushered in its first journey, there is a certain gap between the two teams' competition experience, and the overall strength is also Brazil's advantage, so it is more optimistic, and Brazil was upset.

3-1! 3-2! A crazy night at the World Youth Championship: 2 places in the last 4, European teams swept up, Brazil out

After Brazil led 1-0 in the 56th minute of the second half, Israel drew 1-1 less than five minutes later. In the 91st minute, Brazil again rallied the scoreline, and two minutes later Israel quickly drew 2-2 and the game went into extra time. In the 108th minute of extra time, Brazil conceded the first goal and was later awarded a penalty, and Israel completed the comeback 3-2.

3-1! 3-2! A crazy night at the World Youth Championship: 2 places in the last 4, European teams swept up, Brazil out

After being eliminated, Brazil did not have the opportunity to return to the last four of the World Youth Championship after eight years. Israel, which qualified for the promotion, continues to make history because it reached the last four in its first competition and continues to play the role of the number one dark horse, and now it is seen that Japan was reversed by Israel in the group stage, and Uzbekistan was eliminated by Israel in the round of 16, and the Asian team 2 lost unjustly.

Italy vs Colombia

3-1! 3-2! A crazy night at the World Youth Championship: 2 places in the last 4, European teams swept up, Brazil out

It was a close match, with Italy finishing second in the group stage and Colombia qualifying for the first place, and now the two teams are meeting again after the 2005 World Junior Championships.

Italy made a fantastic 1-0 start thanks to Cassadei's goal in the opening nine minutes, followed by two more goals in the 38th and 46th minutes to extend the score to 3-0. In the 49th minute of the second half, Colombia scored from distance to make it 3-1, but in the end, there was no overturning.

3-1! 3-2! A crazy night at the World Youth Championship: 2 places in the last 4, European teams swept up, Brazil out

According to statistics, the last time Italy reached the last four of the World Junior Championship was in 2017, when it finished third, which is also the best result in the team's history, and now there is hope to reach the final for the first time, set this record, and then wait for the winner between South Korea and Nigeria.

According to the schedule, there are two more matchday matches in the round of eight, against South Korea vs Nigeria and the United States vs Uruguay, and now South Korea is the only team in the Asian zone.

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