The U-20 Women’s National Team makes history at the World Cup | They beat Costa Rica and qualified for the round of 16 for the first time

by times news cr

2024-09-09 03:01:00

The Argentine U-20 Women’s Team made history This Sunday by advancing for the first time in a World Cup from FIFA to the round of 16, after beating Costa Rica 1-0in the contest that takes place in Colombia.

Forward Kishi Nunezat 18 minutes, scored the winning goal for the Albiceleste. This is the For the first time in history, Argentina has reached the next roundsince he was unable to achieve it in the category, nor in the senior category since FIFA began organizing the competitions. Germany is waiting.

After the debut with a defeat against North Korea 6-2 and the agonizing draw against the Netherlands 3-3, Christian Meloni’s team was obliged to get a win against Costa Rica if they wanted to continue their chances at the World Cup.

This way, Argentina He did not leave his future to chance and quickly took the initiative on the playing fieldsomething that led him to take the lead after a quarter of an hour with a great goal from Boca’s forward line.

Núñez, the team’s top scorer with three goals, made an impressive shot -of emboquillada- at 30 meters from the arch, which surpassed the Costa Rican archer and scored the goal that would be crucial.

Later, The Argentine team had other opportunities, but was unable to take advantage of them to stretch the differences, even the crossbar prevented him from doing so. For his part, Costa Rica failed to do any harm.

This way, Argentina managed for the first time in all its categories (including the Senior) to get through the Group Stage in a U-20 World Cup and in the next instance will face Germany at the 2024 World Cup in Colombia.

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