Eighteen years after North Korea beat China 5-0 in the final, the Women’s Under-20 World Cup will feature another decision between Asian rivals: the champion country of the 2006 version, which now dreams of winning the ‘tri’, and Japan, which hopes to win its second title this Sunday in Bogotá.
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Japan beat the Netherlands 2-0 in Bogota on Wednesday, hours before North Korea beat the United States in a close game that ended 1-0 with Choe Il Son’s goal. These teams have come into the final undefeated, with six wins.
Japan will play its third consecutive final with the precedent of having taken revenge (1-0) in the quarter-finals against Spain, the 2022 champion. The ‘vendetta’ between both countries began in 2018, when the Blue Samurai beat La Roja 3-1 in France, and continued two years ago, when they fell with the same result in Costa Rica.
Japan vs. Netherlands at the World Cup.
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Ten years after winning their first World Cup title at the expense of China in Russia, North Korea celebrated their second success at Papua New Guinea 2016 with a 3-1 victory over France. The Winged Ones are now aiming to take the throne of Germany and the United States, who lead the list of winners of this youth World Cup, which began in 2002 with three titles each.
North Korea’s players sealed their place in the final of the 11th edition of the U-20 Women’s World Cup on Wednesday, almost without breaking a sweat, with a 0-1 victory over the United States. Six games played so far in Colombia, an unbeaten campaign and an intimidating goal-scoring output, as six games later they have accumulated 24 goals, for an average of 4 per game.
In other words, Ri Song-Ho’s team have scored an average of one goal every 23 minutes of play so far in the tournament. Apart from the identical 1-0 wins over the United States in the semi-finals and Brazil in the quarter-finals, North Korea has easily dismantled its opponents. In the group stage, they beat Argentina 6-2, in the second round they crushed Costa Rica 9-0 and in the final round they neutralised the Netherlands 0-2. In the round of 16, the exhibition ended with a 5-2 win over Austria.
North Korean celebration.
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The art of hypnotizing rivals Less devastating than their opponents this Sunday in Bogotá, the Japanese team won their right to play their 52nd match after defeating six rivals with a similar pattern in each encounter: psychological wear and tear on their opponents. The most affected by the progressive siege of Michihisa Kano’s pupils were New Zealand and Ghana, who succumbed with 7-0 and 4-1 wins.
In the group stage they defeated Austria 0-2, in the round of 16 they had a tough time with Nigeria, who barely conceded 2-1, and in the quarter-finals the fightback against Spain was decided by the narrowest of margins, thanks to centre-back Hiromi Yoneda. The Netherlands’ resistance fell with a double from 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, by the national teams of the United States and the Netherlands, who will be looking for the third step on the podium.
17 goals from 200 With two games to go before the end of the tournament that brought together teams from 24 countries, the number of goals scored has risen to 183. The 24 scored by North Korea and the 18 by Japan, the two finalists, are equivalent to 23 percent of the total number of goals scored to date.
Japan vs. North Korea
Women’s U-20 World Cup Final
Sunday, September 22
El Campin Stadium in Bogota
Time: 4 pm
TV: Caracol, RCN, DSports
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