Argentina chase Under-20 World Cup quarter-finals against Nigeria | OneFootball

The Argentine team led by Diego Placente faces the African side with the goal of reaching the top 8 of the Under-20 World Cup.

The Argentine team will face Nigeria this Wednesday in the round of 16 of the Under-20 World Cup taking place in Chile. The match, scheduled for 16:30 (Argentina time), will be held at the Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium in Santiago and can be watched on DSports and Telefe. The designated referee is Italian Maurizio Mariani.

The Argentine team seeks the quarter-finals of the Under-20 World Cup

The Argentine team, led by Diego Placente, qualified for the round of 16 after their impeccable performance in Group D, where they defeated Cuba 3-1, Australia 4-1, and Italy 1-0. This allowed them to be the only team alongside Japan to finish the first phase with a perfect score.

Nigeria, on the other hand, finished below Colombia and Norway in Group F, but thanks to the four points accumulated, they advanced as one of the four best third-placed teams along with South Korea, Spain, and France.

In this match, the Argentine team will seek revenge for what happened two years ago, as in the last Under-20 World Cup they also had an impeccable group stage performance but suffered a surprising 2-0 defeat to Nigeria in the round of 16. The “Albiceleste” also wants to seize the opportunity in this Under-20 World Cup to reach the quarter-finals of this competition for the first time since the 2011 edition.

This will not be the only match of the day, as Wednesday will be packed with activity. At 16:30, simultaneously with the Argentine team match, Colombia will face South Africa, while at 20:00 the last two matches will take place: Paraguay vs. Norway and Japan vs. France.

Possible line-ups and other match details

Argentina: Santino Barbi; Dylan Gorosito, Santiago Fernández or Valente Pierani, Tobías Ramírez, Julio Soler; Milton Delgado, Valentino Acuña, Maher Carrizo; Álvaro Montoro and Alejo Sarco. Coach: Diego Placente.

Nigeria: Ebenezer Harcourt; Odinara Okoro, Haruna Aliyu, Daniel Dayemi, Amos Ochoche; Israel Ayuma, Daniel Daga; Saeed Suleiman, Nasiru Salihu, Mahir Maigana; Kparobo Arierhi. Coach: Aliyu Zubairu.

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