Argentine U-17 Vs Venezuela U-17 Preview: La Albiceleste Achieved Reflecting On Dominant Performance

JAKARTA - Argentina U-17 will undergo the last 16 of the 2023 U-17 World Cup by challenging Venezuela U-17 at Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung, on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 19.00 WIB.

In the match later, optimism includes junior Lionel Messi who did appear dominant in the group stage match. They also won tickets to the round of 16 after securing the status of Group D winners.

On the first matchday of the group phase, Argentina U-17 was surprised by the 1-2 defeat to Senegal U-17. However, after that Diego Placente's team got up and appeared convincing by winning 3-1 over Japan U-17 also 4-0 over Poland U-17.

Victory in the last match was Argentina's U-17 motivation to extend the winning record again. This effort will also be supported by the supply of slick players owned by La Albiceleste.

Against Venezuela U-17, Placente is predicted to field a number of main players again. They are Agustin Ruberto, Claudio Echeverri, to Valentino Acuna.

Agustin Ruberto is a sharp striker from the River Plate academy who has scored three goals in three group stage matches. Claudio Echeverri is the team captain as well as an attacking motorbike in midfield.

Meanwhile, Valentino Acuna is also a player who has attracted no less attention with his skilled and agile playing. Acuna even played the role of Lionel Messi when he was young in the documentary Messi.

With his left-footed game, Acuna is also a mainstay at the academy club where Messi gained knowledge, namely Newell's Old Boys. The supply of good players makes Argentina U-17 more confident.

Meanwhile, Venezuela U-17 looked at the last 16 match with a strong determination and effort. They must appear desperately to qualify for the knockout stages.

In the last match alone, they fell. They were beaten by Germany U-17 with a score of 0-3. Even so, they were still able to qualify for the last 16 through the best third-placed route.

Responding to the result of the defeat to Germany U-17, the coach Ricardo Valino could not do much. Because his team had quite difficulty breaking into the opponent's goal.

Ricardo Valino even revealed that Venezuela's U-17 defeat occurred because the players could not get out of the pressure.

From that experience, Venezuelan U-17 must rise up in order to be able to face Argentina's U-17 to the maximum and make a surprise.