U-17 World Cup Results 2023: Spain U-17 To Quarter Finals After Japan's Beaten U-17

JAKARTA - Spain U-17 managed to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2023 U-17 World Cup after a 2-1 win over Japan U-17.

The match, which was held at Manahan Stadium, Solo, on Monday, November 20, 2023 at 19.00 WIB, was fierce. In this round of 16 meeting, La Roja appeared pressing since the beginning of the match.

Their efforts bore fruit when the game had only been running for 10 minutes. The 1-0 advantage was already in the hands of Spain's U-17 starting from a counter-attack that devastated the Japanese U-17 defense.

Juan Hernandez managed to release a through ball during the counter-attack. Then, Quim Junyent received the ball well and then tricked the U-17 Japanese player before breaking into the opponent's goal.

La Roja's quick goal surprised the Blue Samurai. This condition made the Japanese U-17 immediately increase the intensity of the attack in order to balance the score. This effort almost paid off in the 16th minute.

Finally, the hard efforts of Kro Moriyama's team only bore fruit before halftime. Japan U-17 was finally able to equalize to 1-1 in the 40th minute.

Starting from Ryunrypto's cross One from the right side, Gaku Nawata who received the ball immediately turned his body.

Without thinking, Nawata fired a right-footed shot which made the ball point into the bottom left corner of the Spanish U-17 goal. The goal could not be blocked by the opposing goalkeeper.

Entering the second half, the game got tougher because both teams were both chasing three points to qualify for the quarter-finals. Japan U-17, who conceded first, became more vigilant.

Meanwhile, Spain U-17 tried to arrange an attack to dismantle the opponent's defense. Even though it was tough, the golden opportunity forTEN was fruitful in the 73rd minute.

Through the execution of Marc Guiu, La Roja finally returned 2-1. Japan U-17 who did not want to lose immediately reacted.

They had two good chances. However, goalkeeper Jimenez was able to thwart that one chance and another chance flew over the Matador Team's goal.

Without additional goals in time, Spain U-17 won 2-1 over Japan U-17. This victory led the Matador Team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2023 U-17 World Cup.