U-20 MATCHES: AUGUST 1ST

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Mexico finally came out and showed what its strengths are: quality passing, lots of movement, excellent defending, but still the finishing could use some improvement. However, Mexico beat N. Korea 3-0 in a convincing win. England also showed quality from some very good players. Unfortunately a goal was called offside (that's been happening a lot in this tournament) and the score ended up 0-0 against a rather lacklustre Argentina on the night.

All the scores:

Group E
Egypt 1-0 Panama
Brazil 3-0 Austria

Group F
Mexico 3-0 N. Korea
England 0-0 Argentina

Picspam below:

Alan Pulido hugs Ulises Davila as Carlos Orrantia looks on.





I love Mexico. Could you figure that out? Here are lots of pics:

Player introductions

Diego Reyes



Carlos (sometimes called Emilio) Orrantia



Erick Torres and Jorge Enriquez



Erick Torres



Goalkeeper Carlos Lopez



Kristian Alvarez



Ulises Davila



Coach Juan Carlos Chavez



Medellin, where the match took place:



Estadio Atanasio Girardot is a stunning stadium, where recent club champions Atletico Nacional play.



The Mexicans and N. Koreans take to the pitch.



The Mexican dressing room





Match pics

Team Mexico



Alan Pulido controlling the ball



Carlos Orrantia controls the ball



Kristian Alvarez vies with Korean defender



Nobody is stronger in defense than Nestor Araujo



Ulises Davila celebrates



Diego De Buen controls the ball



He scored





Diego Reyes controls the ball



Carlos Orrantia vies for the ball



Erick Torres celebrates



Orrantia and Davila close down the N. Korean player



Taufic Guarch in action



Ulises Davila controlling the ball







Orrantia is all over the place



Taufic Guarch scores







Celebrations and Dejection



























I had so many Mexican pics I'll have to show the other matches in a separate post.

Comments

[quabazaa.livejournal.com]

I am thoroughly enjoying the U-20 tournament so far :) Great picspam! The baby teams are just soo cute *sigh* :) I of course am really happy that NZ is playing as well! It's weird to see people I have met on a screen beaming from Colombia.

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

I am loving the U-20 tournament too! Thanks. Most of the teams are simply adorable. I want to pinch some of the players' little cheeks! :)

NZ is one of the cutest teams! I hope they do well. :)

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

Thanks for all the beautiful pics!

Mexican boys are cute!!!

I hope they will play the final!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. They are such cuties!!! :)

Probably they won't make it to the final, but I hope they can progress a bit. :/

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

Let me dream a bit....

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

I LOVE your U-20 icon! :)

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

Jajajajaajaj it's the official one!