JAKARTA - Mexico U-17 has finally confirmed its qualifying for the last 16 of the 2023 U-17 World Cup after beating New Zealand U-17 with a score of 4-0.
El Tri, nicknamed Mexico U-17, established itself as runners-up in Group F accompanying Germany U-17 to the teacher round.
Stephano Carillo became the star of El Tri's victory at the Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung, on Saturday, November 18, 2023. He scored a brace.
In fact, Mexico's absolute U-17 victory was not easily achieved. New Zealand U-17 almost took the lead when the game entered three minutes.
Luke Supyk's efforts, which have passed the opposing goalkeeper, must be thwarted by an U-17 Mexican defender.
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After that, the duel was fierce. El Tri was only able to score in the 42nd minute through Fidel Barajas. The 1-0 score lasted until the break.
In the second half, Mexico U-17 immediately dominated at the start of the match. Just two minutes away, they managed to double their lead through Adrian Fernandez De Lara's action.
Even though he was already two goals ahead, El Tri did not relax the attack. Brace Stephano Carillo became an actor away from Mexico's U-17 advantage.
He scored two goals in the 54th minute and 67th minute through the penalty spot.
New Zealand U-17 could not score a single goal to reduce the gap. The score 4-0 belongs to Mexico U-17.
The three points made Mexico U-17 as runners-up in Group F of the 2023 U-17 World Cup and confirmed tickets to the knockout round.
Previously, Mexico U-17 hoped to qualify through the best third-placed path with a collection of one point. However, it turned out that they could earn three points and shift Venezuela U-17 from the second ladder.
Meanwhile, Venezuela U-17 itself lost 0-3 to Germany U-17. They lost on goal difference to Mexico U-17 in the race for second place.
Nevertheless, Venezuela U-17 continued to advance to the last 16 as the fourth-place resident on the best third-placed route with four points.
In other words, the shift in Venezuela U-17 to the third best-placed route kicked Indonesia U-17. Garuda Muda was thrown into the fifth best third-placed ladder or did not get a share to qualify for the knockout phase of the 2023 U-17 World Cup.
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