Eighteen years after the final North Korea won China 5-0, the Women’s U-20 World Cup will have another decision between the Asian rivals: the champion country of that 2006 version, now dreaming of ‘tri’ and Japanwhich is expected to conquer this Sunday at Bogota the second title.
The Japanese team lost this Wednesday to Bogota in that of Netherlands for 2-0 hours before North Korea leaving the gutter USA in a close match that ended 0-1 with a goal of Choe Il Son.
These teams reached the final undefeated, with six wins.
‘Bi’ or ‘tri’?
Japan will play their third consecutive final with a precedent for revenge (1-0) in the quarterfinals of Spainthe 2022 champion The ‘vendetta’ between the two countries began in 2018, when the Blue Samurai defeated the Red 3-1 on. Franceand continued two years ago, when they fell to the same result in Costa Rica.
Ten years after winning the first world title at the expense of China in the tournament held in Russia, North Korea celebrated for the second time in the 2016 Papua New Guinea version with a 3-1 victory against France.
The winged are now aiming for the throne of Germany and the United Stateswhich topped this youth World Cup record, which appeared in 2002 with three titles each.
A machine for scoring goals and crushing rivals
The players of North Korea This Wednesday, almost without breaking a sweat, they sealed their passage to the final of the eleventh edition of the Women’s U-20 World Cup with a 0-1 victory over the team of USA.
Six games have been played so far Colombiaan undefeated campaign and a terrifying scoring production, as six games later he had accumulated 24 goals, for an average of 4 per game.
In other words, the students of Ri Song-Ho So far in the tournament they have scored an average of one goal every 23 minutes of play.
Except for similar 0-1 victories over the United States in the semifinals and Brazil in the quarterfinals, North Korea he had sufficiently disarmed his rivals.
In the group stage they lost with a 6-2 win Argentina, On the second day they crushed 9-0 Costa Rica and in the end they neutralized the Netherlands with a 0-2 score.
In the round of 16 the exhibition closed with 5-2 against Austria.
The art of hypnotizing rivals
Less devastating than its rival Sunday in Bogotá, the team of Japan He won the right to play in the 52nd match after defeating six rivals with a similar pattern in each match: the psychological wear and tear of the rival.
Those most affected by the progressive siege of students of Michihisa Kano They were New Zealand and Ghana, who surrendered wins of 7-0 and 4-1.
At the close of the group stage they beat Austria 0-2, in the round of 16 they did not have an easy time with Nigeria, barely losing 2-1, and in the quarterfinals the match against Spain was decided by the lowest, thanks to central Hiromi Yoneda.
The resistance of Netherlands fell to double the number ten Manaka Matsukubo.
Eighteen goals in 6 games for an average of 3.
For third place
The 51st match of the tournament will be played this Saturday at the El Campín stadium in Bogotá, the teams of United States and the Netherlands who will find the third step of the podium.
17 out of 200 goals
With two games remaining before the curtain falls on the tournament that brought together teams from 24 countries, the scoring output has risen to 183 goals.
24 is scored by North Korea and 18 from Japan, the two finalists, equal 23 percent of all production to date.
Source: La Verdad
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