THE TOULON TOURNAMENT

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Colombia has won the Toulon Tournament in France, beating France on penalties. Third place was won by Italy, who defeated Mexico. Both Colombia and France will meet each other in the Under-20 World Cup, which will be played in Colombia this summer.

Details of the U-20 World Cup tournament are here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_FIFA_U-20_World_Cup

The Colombian U-21 team that won the Toulon Tournament. (The U-20 team will be made up of many of these players.)





From final - Colombia vs France

Colombian goalkeeper Cristian Bonilla



Colombians with their flag.



Celebrating with trophy...











Match pics...

Jose Valencia crashes into France goalkeeper





Colombia forward Luis Muriel







Left back Hector Quinones



No. 10 playmaker James Rodriguez





Boys win on pens









From the 3rd place match...Mexico vs Italy

Mexican notables Aufic Guarche and Alan Pulido



Italy GK



Italy wins on pens



From the semi-final Colombia vs Mexico

Midfielder Edwin Cardona



Luis Muriel vs Nestor Araujo



Didier Moreno vs Ulises Davila



Hector Quinones vs Villalobos



Jose Valencia and Edwin Cardona



Santiago Arias and Edwin Cardona



Hugs



The Colombians and their fans



The other semi-final match was between France and Italy, won by France.



Italian reactions



Alberto Paloschi



From Colombia vs Italy in the quarter-finals

Santiago Arias



James Rodriguez, Hector Quinones and Juan David Cabezas celebrate



Cristian Bonilla makes save



Edwin Cardona vs Davide Santon



Andres Escobar shoots



Hector Quinones getting fouled...a lot!







But he scored!



Luis Muriel got fouled a lot too...







He gave them a lot of trouble.



Italian notable players...

Fabio Borini



Fausto Rossi



Davide Santon



Alberto Paloschi



Goalkeeper Sergio Viotti



From Colombia vs Portugal

Hector Quinones again



James Rodriguez



Santiago Arias (Santiago will playing in Portugal for Sporting Lisbon next season!)





Colombia vs Ivory Coast





From Mexico vs Hungary





Mexican notables Carlos Orrantia and Erick Torres



Alan Pulido



Ulises Davila





CONGRATS TO COLOMBIA!

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Hi jennies it's @rafauncein. Good job...take care

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Rafa! How are you? It's been ages...and the station does not seem to simulcast here with the one from the USA...so it's impossible for me to communicate anymore.

I have a new e-mail now because my old one got corrupted.

I am still watching Colombian football and am very excited about the National Team. And still passionate about the league.

Cheers. And thanks! :)