United States U20 vs. Ecuador U20 – Football Match Report – May 20, 2023

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An harm-time blast gave the United States a 1-0 win towards Ecuador in its opening match of the Under-20 World Cup on Saturday.

After little inspiration from each groups in San Juan, left again Jonathan Gomez shot from the sting of the field one minute earlier than the ultimate whistle to beat goalkeeper Gilmar Napa.

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Until Gomez’s winner, the perfect alternative was on the hour after an embarrassing mistake by Ecuador’s Napa. His clearance hit his defender Christian Garcia within the face. The ball fell to American striker Diego Luna, who shot huge regardless of the empty objective.

Ecuador, the workforce of teenage sensation striker Kendry Paez, didn’t produce a single shot on track.

The U.S. ended the primary spherical of video games in second place in Group B after Slovakia beat Fiji 4-0. The Americans may now safe its spot within the subsequent spherical with a win towards Fiji on Tuesday. The identical may occur to Slovakia in its match towards Ecuador.

The first objective of the match got here from New Zealand, for which Norman Garbett scored the one objective within the eightieth minute to beat Guatemala in a Group A recreation.

Later, Argentina beat Uzbekistan 2-1, with all three targets coming within the first half.

Argentina inherited Indonesia’s spot within the match as host. Protests in Muslim-majority Indonesia towards internet hosting Israel pressured FIFA into a really late change of venues. Indonesia doesn’t have formal diplomatic relations with Israel.