LSpain’s national team remains firm in its defense of the U-20 World Cup title it won two years ago in Costa Rica. With a 2-0 victory against Morocco, at the Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali, finished with a perfect campaign in Group C of the tournament.
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Another of the candidates for the title, The United States also sealed their qualification by mercilessly defeating Paraguay, which they beat 7-0 at the Metropolitano de Techo stadium.
The Spanish team finished with nine points and the Americans with six. Paraguay, with three points, was on the verge of elimination after Saturday’s defeat, which ruined its goal difference: it was now -7.
At Pascual Guerrero, Spain took the lead very early, after 5 minutes, after a corner kick headed in by Nahia Aparicio.
Near the end of the match, at 89, Lucía Moral scored the second goal for the Spanish team, in a play that was reviewed for a possible offside that did not exist.
The score could have been bigger for the world champions, but Morocco’s goalkeeper, Fatima El Jebraoui, saved a penalty from Erica González in the 65th minute.
The United States crushed Paraguay in Techo: the goals
At the Metropolitano de Techo stadium, the United States left no doubt that they would qualify by beating a very weak Paraguay team.
It took the Americans just 10 minutes to open the scoring, after a corner kick from Emeri Adames and a header from Pietra Tordin.
Two minutes later, Tordin did the same by grabbing a rebound in the six-yard box after a poor return by the Paraguayan defense that almost ended in an own goal. The ball hit the post and fell to the author of the 2-0.
Another assist from Adames, this time from a moving play and from the left, found full-back Gisele Thompson in the six-yard box to make it 3-0 for the United States in the 29th minute.
In the 45th minute, another corner kick from Adames found Yuna McCormack ready to take advantage of Paraguay’s goalkeeper Araceli Leguizamón’s passivity and score the 4-0 with which the first half ended.
From a throw-in and, once again, a lack of attention from the Paraguayan defense, the 5-0 came in the 54th minute, scored by Ally Sentnor.
Tordin took advantage of a superb assist from McCormack to find himself in front of goal and score his hat-trick, making it 6-0 for the United States in the 67th minute.
Paraguay pushed forward to try to score and was left exposed to another goal, which came in the 83rd minute, scored by Maddie Dahlien.
While Spain awaits its opponent, the United States will meet Mexico in the next phase, on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in El Campín.
Paraguay, meanwhile, will have to wait and see what happens on Sunday in Groups E and F to see if they can make it to the round of 16 of the World Cup.
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