Argentina started the FIFA U-17 Football World Cup mission with defeat. In their first match, they lost to the African football superpower Senegal. However, in the second match, they did not just turn around and completely destroyed the opponent.
In their second match in Group D, Argentina faced Asian football superpower Japan.
In the match held at 6 o’clock Bangladesh time on Tuesday (November 14) at Jalak Harupat Soreng Stadium in Indonesia, Messi-De Mariad’s successors scored 3 times in the opponent’s net. Japan reduced the gap with 1 goal. In the end, Argentina left the field with a big victory of 3-1 goals.
Argentina pressured Japan from the beginning of the match. Albiceleste scored the first goal after five minutes. After three minutes, Argentina netted Japan’s net again. They lead 2-0 at the end of the first half.
Desperate to get back into the match in the second half, Japan also launched one attack after another. The team brought the gap to 2-1 in the 50th minute. However, in the extra minutes of the last minute of the match, Argentina left the field with a 3-1 victory after catching the ball in Japan’s net.
Earlier last Saturday (November 11), Argentina lost 2-1 to Senegal in their first match. Albiceleste scored a goal in the sixth minute of the match. Then they scored the second goal in the 38th minute. However, Argentina reduced the gap by scoring in the extra time of the last minute of the match.
With this win, the team is in the race for the quarter finals. After two matches, Argentina is in the second place of the table with 3 points. Argentina U-17 will face Poland in their third and last match in the group stage on November 17.
