U17 WC South Korea

Group F

Colombia - Ghana 1:2
0:1 Osei 32.
1:1 Nazarith 60.
1:2 Yartey 84.

Germany - T&T 5:0
1:0 Broghammer 5.
2:0 Eßwein 31.
3:0 Eßwein 37.
4:0 Funk 39.
5:0 Wolze 90+3.

1. Germany 3 7 11-5
2. Ghana 3 6 8-5
3. Colombia 3 4 9-5
4. T&T 3 0 1-14

best 3rd ranked teams: Syria, Colombia, Korea DPR, Tajikistan

England have Syria in the last 16 then a potential 1/4 final meeting with the germans!

Round of 16
Spain - Korea DPR
Tunesia - France

Peru - Tajikistan
Ghana - Brazil

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Argentina - Costa Rica
Nigeria - Colombia

England- Syria
Germany - USA

Rosicky...? wrote:England have Syria in the last 16 then a potential 1/4 final meeting with the germans!

Nice.

when are the last 16 matches?

toon h wrote:when are the last 16 matches?

29th and 30th

Spain - Korea DPR 3:0
Bojan 28, 50; Iago 67

Tunesia - France 1:1, now in extra time
Saivet 43, Hadhria 49

great result for Spain.

they will face the winners of the other game.

@ toon, Our man in Spain:

Spain always rock at youth tournaments. Any particular explanation why, and then underachieve later on? Your views please

Le Tallec has scored twice to give France a 3:1 lead. I can't watch the match though, this is only from a live-ticker

Tunesia - France 1:3 aet
0:1 Saivet 43.
1:1 Hadhria 49.
1:2 Le Tallec 99.
1:3 Le Tallec 105.

next matches:
Peru - Tajikistan
Ghana - Brazil

Ungarn Uber Alles wrote:@ toon, Our man in Spain:

Spain always rock at youth tournaments. Any particular explanation why, and then underachieve later on? Your views please

books have been written in Spain about this, Pele.

I personally believe there are two particular reasons for this.

At this level I think technique is more important than physique and Spanish players possess plenty of technique but often lack the physique required for senior competitiveness. Spanish clubs are renowned for their academies and they are always churning out plenty of interesting players.

Second reason is that in La Liga few of the Spanish players are burdened with carrying the team, a task that is usually left to foreign stars. Therefore, when you join all the Spanish players up, they are left rudderless so to speak and do not have any leaders.

That being said, I feel Spain has suffered its share of bad luck during tournaments in the past and should have done better in certain tournaments like WC94 (should have had last minute penalty when Tassotti broke Luis Enrique's nose in QF), Euro96 (outplayed England on their soil), Euro2000 (missed last min penalty against France in QF) and WC02 (outrageous refereeing against South Korea in QF).
In those teams there were leaders present and tough players like Hierro, Luis Enrique, and others.

HT

Ghana - Brazil 0:0

Peru - Tadjikistan 1:1
1.0 Manco 14.
1:1 Davronov 15.

Ghana - Brazil 1:0
1:0 Donkor 51.
sent off: Boadi (Ghana) 44., 2Y

Peru - Tadjikistan 1:1 in extra time
1.0 Manco 14.
1:1 Davronov 15.

Ghana knocked Brazil out! What a surprise.

Come on Peru!

toon h wrote:Ghana knocked Brazil out! What a surprise.

Not for me. Ghana looked impressive in the group stages, a very technical and athletic team. It took an excellent performance of our youngsters to beat them, and they beat the strong Colombians also.

Can see them go far in this tournament.

cheers toon.

Tadjik who? Puro's Peru cant even beat a team I have literally hand on heart never ever heard even existed!

England V Germany again would be great

Peru - Tadjikistan 1:1 aet, Peru wins 5:4 after PSO
1.0 Manco 14.
1:1 Davronov 15.

Brasil must be kicking themselves how they lost to Ghana with that very soft goal my gosh! On the other hand the Ghana goalie stopped EVERYTHING Brasil threw at him, MOTM easily.

I knew it was gonna be extremely difficult to eliminate Tajikistan. History shows it's very complicated to KO upstarts like these. Recently in Euro '04 everyone saw how difficult it was for Portugal to KO upstarts England.

Ghana will be really really tough, but that's why they play the games.

Puro wrote:Brasil must be kicking themselves how they lost to Ghana with that very soft goal my gosh! On the other hand the Ghana goalie stopped EVERYTHING Brasil threw at him, MOTM easily.

I knew it was gonna be extremely difficult to eliminate Tajikistan. History shows it's very complicated to KO upstarts like these. Recently in Euro '04 everyone saw how difficult it was for Portugal to KO upstarts England.

Ghana will be really really tough, but that's why they play the games.

Comparing Tajikistan with England. You really are comedy value!

Well done on relying on penalties to beat a country only 1 in a 10,000 people would be able to find on a World Map Guess we wont be seeing Peru at the WC anytime soon

Hi, commenting on Spain's performance today, I thought they gave a masterclass in how to wear your opponents down and can't see them being stopped in this tournament personally.

2 players stood out, Bojan and Fran Mérida but for different reasons.

Bojan not only because he scored 2 brilliant goals but also for the fact his movement and ability to spin away from his marker was near perfect. His shooting technique is great as well. Hard to believe he just turned 17

Mérida because he has a diverse range of passing and was able to maneouve space for himself by doing feints and all sorts of little tricks here and there

The line-up was like this + my ratings for each player:

-------------------------------de Gea(6)--------------------------------

Alex(6)---------Sergio Rodriguez ([8])----- Rochelo(7)---------Morgado(7)

Jordi(5)---------Camacho(7)-------------Merida(9)----------Isma Lopez(7)

-----------------------Bojan(9/10)-------------------Aquino(7)----------------

Subs
Iago Falque (7)- Should be starting ahead of Jordi
Illarramendi(6)
Yelco(6)

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I agree with what toon h's assessment on Spain and the difference between youth and the senior side. France should be a good test but I'd rather we played Ghana or Nigeria as they're sure to have stronger athletes in their side and its important we test ourselves against such players

The Barça Youth showing it's quality (Bojan,Iago,Merida)

Looks like we have got another quality poster in Gambit Nice review.

Good news on Merida. Keep an eye out for him in the League Cup this season. He may even get a few opportunities in the league as a sub!

Since 1888 wrote:Looks like we have got another quality poster in Gambit Nice review.

what time are games today?

HT
Nigeria - Colombia 0:0

Argentina - Costa Rica 2:0
1:0 Sauro 25.
2:0 Sauro 41.

two header after a corner with some woeful defending by Costa Rica.

other games today (11 GMT) :
England - Syria
Germany - USA

FT
Argentina - Costa Rica 2:0
1:0 Sauro 25.
2:0 Sauro 41.

Nigeria - Colombia 2:1
0:1 Trellez 62.
1:1 Isa 78.
2:1 Alfa 83.

Line-up England for last 16 match v Syria:

Smithies (GK) - Ofori-Twumasi, Reid, Lansbury, Pearce, Welbeck, Murphy, Porritt, Woods, Spence (c) & Franks

jonathan de guzman wrote:Line-up England for last 16 match v Syria:

Smithies (GK) - Ofori-Twumasi, Reid, Lansbury, Pearce, Welbeck, Murphy, Porritt, Woods, Spence (c) & Franks

whens the game?