In the round of 8 of the World Youth Championship, the Samba Legion Brazil played Israel in the land of Asian projectiles. Israel was already excited to advance to the quarterfinals with a goal before the 90-minute goal, but now against the mighty Brazil, Israel beat its opponents in extra time, and the final score was fixed at 3-2, Israel took the lead in advancing to the semifinals! You know, Brazil eliminated the mighty Tunisia by a huge margin of 4-1 in the round of 16.
The two sides drew 1-1 in regular season time, with Brazil taking the lead, and in the 56th minute Marcos received a cross from his teammate and shot the ball into the opening net.
Then, in the 60th minute, Khalili received a long pass from a teammate in the box and scored a crisp header into the side net to strongly equalize the score. In fact, the physical confrontation between the two teams was very intense, and the two sides almost clashed in the confrontation.
The two sides tied in regular season time, followed by 30 minutes of extra time, Brazil also scored first, Matthews received a pass from a teammate in the box in the 91st minute, fell to the ground and pushed into a dead corner to score, the goalkeeper was too late to react.
But soon Israel responded just as quickly, and in the 93rd minute, Shambali received a cross from a teammate and pushed into the side net to score easily! Equalize again to split the ratio to 2 to 2! In the 108th minute, Tugman faced a three-man approach, and the butterfly passed two people in the penalty area with a strong shot!
In the 113th minute, Brazil's No. 3 player handball in the box in the defense, Israel won the first penalty, Eli was judged by the goalkeeper and directly saved. However, the goalkeeper hit the player and caused a foul, and Israel immediately received a second penalty, but substitute Ibrahim missed the shot.
In the end, Israel conceded two penalties and still managed to advance to the last 4 with a big score of 3-2!
Brazil had only 45% of the possession and had an equal number of shots on goal, with 20 shots on goal, Brazil 9 on target and Israel 7 on target. Brazil had four yellow cards and played a bit of a hurry against Israel's tough defense.
Israel is a dark horse, with one win, one draw and one defeat in the group stage and four points in the group to advance to the knockout stage, and the first team in the group is Colombia.
Other teams make the way to the cut
In the other quarter-final, Italy, who eliminated England, beat Colombia 3-1, which had previously been unbeaten and scored 10 goals in four games over the likes of Japan and Israel. But Colombia is more efficient defensively, conceding a goal every game.
Against the spicy group stage victories over Brazil and Italy, who had previously eliminated England, Colombia actually did not have the advantage. In the end, Italy defeated Colombia 3-1 and advanced to the semi-finals. Both teams are similar in shooting and possession, except that Italy is more efficient in defense and attack.
There are also two quarter-strong matches on June 4, South Korea against Nigeria, which eliminated hosts Argentina 2-0, with the winner facing Italy; The United States plays Uruguay and the winner will play Israel.
Italy are clearly better off against their next opponents, and the team's hopes of winning the title are the greatest.