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

Diego Placente's Argentine team faces off against the African squad with the goal of making it into the top 8 of the U20 World Cup.

The Argentine team will face off against Nigeria this Wednesday in the round of 16 of the U20 World Cup taking place in Chile. The match, scheduled for 16:30 (Argentina time), will be held at the National Stadium Julio Martínez Prádanos in the city of Santiago and can be watched on DSports and Telefe. The appointed referee is Italian Maurizio Mariani.

The Argentine team seeks the quarterfinals of the U20 World Cup

The Argentine team, led by Diego Placente, made it to the round of 16 after their flawless performance in Group D, where they beat Cuba 3-1, Australia 4-1, and Italy 1-0. This allowed them to be the only team along with 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 they accumulated, they managed to advance as one of the four best third-place teams along with South Korea, Spain, and France.

In this match, the Argentine team will seek to avenge what happened two years ago, as in the last U20 World Cup they also had a flawless performance in the group stage, but in the round of 16 they suffered a surprising 2-0 defeat against Nigeria. The "Albiceleste", moreover, wants to take this opportunity at this U20 World Cup to make it back into the quarterfinals of this competition for the first time since the 2011 edition.

This will not be the only match of the day, as this Wednesday will be full of activity. At 16:30, simultaneous to the Argentine team match, Colombia will face South Africa, while at 20:00 the last two matches will be played: Paraguay - Norway and Japan - France.

The possible lineups 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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