Spain U-17 Vs Canada U-17: La Rojita Immediately Steps On Gas In First Match

Spain U-17, the most serious seed in Group B. (photo: dock.fa)

JAKARTA - The U-17 Spanish national team is scheduled to face Canada U-17 in the inaugural match of the 2023 Group B U-17 World Cup which will be held at Manahan Stadium, Solo on Friday, November 10 at 19.00 WIB.

La Rojita, under the direction of Jose Lana, is predicted to step on the gas in the inaugural match to aim for three points. Spain will try this target by utilizing Barcelona's young striker, Marc Guiu.

The 2006-born player joined the team with reliable capital. Because Guiu recently scored a debut goal for Barcelona's senior team in La Liga when he met Athletic Bilbao.

In addition to having additional strength from good player performance, Spain also has good capital ahead of this match. They recorded success in recording three consecutive wins in the Euro U-17 qualifiers.

On the agenda in Indonesia this year, the Spanish squad U-17 certainly set a high target including coming out as champions. Because so far their best achievement is only to finish in second place four times in 1991, 2003, 2007, and 2017.

In the opposing camp, Canada U-17 under the tutelage of coach Andrew Olivieri hopes to qualify from the group stage. Because if that happens it will be a history in itself considering they have never done so.

Canada was not actually the team yesterday afternoon at the U-17 World Cup. However, his achievements were still stuck in the group stage. Of his seven appearances at the U-17 World Cup, the Canadian national team always ran aground in the early rounds and was never able to get past the knockout round.

In the last edition of the 2019 U-17 World Cup. Canada also lasted until the preliminary by occupying the bottom of the standings under Brazil, Angola and New Zealand.

Canada again qualified for the 8th 2023 U-17 World Cup finals, after reaching the semifinals of the 2023 U-17 Concaf Championships. In that zone, four semifinalists got tickets to Indonesia.

In the semifinals, Canada lost 2-0 to the United States which later became runners-up.

Reading Canadian opportunities in the U-17 World Cup finals in Indonesia, Andrew Olivieri hopes his team can qualify from the group stage for the first time.

But the main target, is for Canadian talented young players to gain valuable experience in Solo.

"We hope that the team can be more disciplined in playing collectively and be able to appear bolder in Indonesia. This is what is needed if you want to qualify from the group stage for the first time in the U-17 World Cup," said Olivieri.

Player Forecast

Spain U-17: Raul Jimenez (K) Hector Fort, Daniel Mu Wayoz Jon Martin, Pau Cubarsi, Pau Prim, Pablo Lopez, Roberto Martin, Igor Venancio Oyono, Marc Guiu, Juan Hernandez

Canada U-17: Nathaniel Daniel Abraham (K) Theo Everton Rigopoulos, Gael De Montigny, Alessandro Simone Biello, Chimere Cyprian Omeze, Taryck Jordan Tahid, Jeevan Singh Badwal, Antoni Klukowski, Philip Osayamen Igbinaboro, Kevaughn Tavernier, Tyler Neil Londono