On this night, the last two 1/4 knockout matches of the World Youth Championship were played, and in the end, South Korea and Uruguay joined hands to advance, both teams reached the semifinals, while the United States and Nigeria unfortunately went out and missed the semifinals.
Team USA 0-2 Uruguay
This year, the United States team performed very well, they won all three games in the group stage, and after entering the knockout stage, they beat New Zealand 4-0, and the United States became the favorite to win the championship. Unfortunately, this time against Uruguay, the United States suffered a complete defeat.
In the first half, Duarte received an assist from Santos and finally scored the ball, giving Uruguay a 1-0 lead, which was also the first goal conceded by the United States in this World Youth Championship.
Trailing 1-0, the U.S. team was in a desperate situation, and they continued to attack aggressively in hopes of equalizing. After that, the United States did score, but unfortunately it was an own goal. In the 56th minute of the second half, Joshua fell to the ground to intercept but unfortunately made an own goal, and the United States had to fall 2-0 down, after which they could not recover, and could only regret the defeat.
The Korean team is a killer
In another match, South Korea and Nigeria fought fiercely for 120 minutes, and finally thanks to Choi Seok-hyun's goal, South Korea won 1-0.
In the first 90 minutes, neither side scored and had to score extra time. In the 5th minute of extra time, South Korea seized the opportunity when Choi Seok-hyun scored the only goal of the game with a header from inside the box, and South Korea also reached the semifinals.
Up to now, all four finals of this World Youth Championship have been born, except for South Korea and Uruguay, Italy and Israel, have previously advanced. In the following semifinals, South Korea will play Italy, while Israel will play Uruguay.
Before the start of this tournament, these four teams were not very popular, but I did not expect that strong teams such as Brazil and England were out one after another. In the next semi-finals, every team has a chance, especially Israel, who are the super dark horses of this tournament and can be blacked out at any time.
South Korea will play against the mighty Italian team, but this Asian powerhouse also has a chance. In the youth team, the gap between the Korean team and the opponent is not too big, tenacious defense, can help the Korean team to the end at any time, the last competition, the Korean team entered the final, and finally finished runner-up, I hope they can make up for their regrets this year!