USA 1 SPAIN 4 | FIFA U - 20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP A RESULT

Spain kicked off its participation in the FIFA U-20 World Championships being held in Turkey with a 1 - 4 victory over USA in its Group A match. An opening victory in theses types of tournaments is vital so as to not suffer unnecessary nerves & pressures in the other Group matches, & what a Group. The other two teams are France & Ghana both are physically stronger & will test Spain to the limit. In fact earlier France defeated Ghana 3 - 1 in their scheduled Group A match.

Spain was dominant & just victors with some fine play that will lift their confidence. There needs to be some fine tuning & no doubt will be discussed in the training sessions but overall a good start with a less than optimum US Soccer U-20 team.

The main Spanish Football protagonists were Real Madrid youngster Jese swho scored twice - in the 4th & 43rd min - & FC Barcelona "pearl" Deulofeu with his two goals - 41st & 61st min. Both these players are being closely watched as they are called to do big things in this U-20 World Championship. 

For the US team Gil got their goal in the 78th min with a fantastic power driver placed way beyond the reach of Spanish goalie Sotres. Nice bit of class shown.

Match details:

USA - 1 : Cropper; Yedlin, Stanko, Torre, Ocegueda; Trapp, Joya; Villarreal (López, 73’), Gil, García (Cuevas, 55’); & Hernández (Rodríguez, 46’)

SPAIN - 4: Sotres; Manquillo, Derik (Llorente, 74’), Puerto, Bernat; Saúl, Campaña (Rubén García, 69’); Deulofeu, Óliver, Jesé (Alcácer, 76’); & Suso.


Goals: 0-1 (5’) Jesé. 0-2 (42’) Deulofeu. 0-3 (44’) Jesé. 0-4 (61’) Deulofeu. 1-4 (79’) Gil.

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