Base round-up: São Paulo U17 off to Club World Cup, gem called up | OneFootball

São Paulo’s U-17 team travels this Saturday (29) to Córdoba, Spain, where it will compete in the FIFA Club World Cup for youth teams. Tricolor won the tournament in 2007 and 2008.

Despite being considered a world championship for the category, the traditional youth competition does not have official FIFA recognition.

The tournament will take place from August 31 to September 9 and will feature traditional European football clubs such as Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Betis, Málaga and Córdoba, from Spain; Bayer Leverkusen, from Germany; Wolverhampton, from England; Dinamo Zagreb, from Croatia; and Sporting, from Portugal. In addition to São Paulo, South American football will be represented by Racing, from Argentina, and Athletico-PR.

The Made In Cotia side is in Group 3, alongside Dinamo Zagreb, Sporting and Málaga. Their debut is scheduled for August 31 against the Croatian side at 2 p.m. (Brasília time) in Villanueva de Córdoba. On September 2, Tricolor will face Sporting at 3 p.m. in Palma del Río. The team will close out the group stage on the 3rd against Málaga, also at 3 p.m., in Cabra.

After the group stage, the intercontinental competition will have quarterfinals and semifinals before the final, scheduled for September 9, when São Paulo will seek its third title.

Lucas Jorge makes the national team!

São Paulo midfielder Lucas Jorge has been called up to represent the Brazilian National Team in the CONMEBOL U-15 Liga Evolución.

The competition will be held in Asunción, Paraguay, from September 8 to 20. Brazil are the reigning champions after beating Argentina in last year’s final.

The Tricolor player has already earned several other call-ups to the Seleção this season. In the most recent one, he even found the net in both friendlies against Uruguay, in which the Brazilian team won 4-0 and 7-0 last week.

This year, Lucas was also part of the squad that finished as runner-up at the Vlatko Marković International Tournament, held in May in Croatia.

Brazil’s U-15 national team will make its debut against Colombia on Tuesday, September 8, at 8:40 a.m., at Parque Guasu, in Luque, Paraguay.

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