Brazil He won his thirteenth title of the South American Sub-20 Championship after Argentina He lost 3-2 against Paraguay that combined with the victory of Ramon Menez’s Seleçao before Chili 3-0, on the last date of the tournament.
Argentina needed to beat Paraguay for a difference of four goals or more at the José Antonio Anzoátegui stadium in Puerto La Cruz to snatch the crown to Brazil in the South American of Venezuela-2025.
Luca Kmet in 30, Tiago Caballero in 47 and Diego León at 82 signed the albirrojas annotations. Maher Carrizo responded with a double for the albiceleste in 52 and 66.
The Brazil champion ended as the leader of the final hexagonal with 13 points, followed by Argentina with 10, Colombia and Paraguay with nine each and Uruguay and Chile, with a unit per head. The Canariha revalidates the title obtained in the previous edition of the South American Sub-20, in Colombia, achieved with Menezes on the bench.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but international with Paraguay, Kmet scored with a bombing to the center of another Argentine player, Alan Morinigo, who exploded in the crossbar before crossing the goal line. It was his third target in the tournament, which made the slope that the team trained by Diego Pleasant had even more steep.
And Caballero opened the wound to shoot more after the break.
“Paraguay! Paraguay!” Brazil’s players shouted in the stands, who had done their work in the previous shift when imposed on Chile.
Although Ripó Carrizo, with the discount and the provisional draw, Paraguay knew how to resist the desperate final onslaught of Argentina and not only endured, but Diego León sealed his triumph.
Brazil celebration in Venezuela
“OLE! OLE! OLE!”, The Brazilian players were singing before each Paraguayan pass in the middle of the main tribune, celebrating great while stirring a huge flag of their country.
Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Paraguay won the four quotas that distributed this event for the U-20 World Cup this year, which will be played in Chile from September 27 to October 19. The Chilean team, for being local in that appointment, had a guaranteed square in advance.
