Youth update: São Paulo U17 off to Club World Cup, wonderkid called up | OneFootball

São Paulo’s U-17 team will travel this Saturday (29) to Córdoba, Spain, where they will compete in the Youth Club World Cup. Tricolor won the tournament title in 2007 and 2008.

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

The tournament will take place between August 31 and 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 team 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 first 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 gets national team call-up!

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, between September 8 and 20. Brazil are the reigning champions after beating Argentina in last year’s final.

The Tricolor player has already received several other call-ups to the Brazil youth national team 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 in the Vlatko Marković International Tournament, played 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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