UNDER-20 WORLD CUP: THE LAST OF THE GROUP STAGE MATCHES

Very exciting stuff from Ecuador and from the Guatemala-Croatia match. Guatemala set a record showing, having never before reached the World Cup at any level, never mind getting into the knockout rounds. And Ecuador finally produced a good result to ensure their place in the Round of 16. Congrats to both teams.

Here are yesterday's results. The Round of 16 will begin on Tuesday, August 9th.

Group C
Ecuador 3-0 Costa Rica
Australia 1-5 Spain

Group D
Saudi Arabia 0-2 Nigeria
Croatia 0-1 Guatemala

From the Croatia-Guatemala match:



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UNDER-20 HEARTTHROBS

The women of Colombia have voted for the players 'to die for' of the tournament, and came up with this list.

Here is a link to the article in terra.com:

http://deportesar.terra.com.ar/futbol/mundialsub20/2011/fotos/0,,OI163534-EI18361,00-Las+mujeres+de+Colombia+mueren+por+estos+jugadores+Sub.html

The players are:

Erik Lamela - Argentina
Sergio Canales - Spain
Isco - Spain
James Rodriguez - Colombia
Samuel Radlinger - Austria
Jack Butland - England
Tomislav Glumac - Croatia

Erik Lamela of Argentina



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