U-17 World Cup Results 2023: Shocking, UK U-17 Falls In Uzbekistan U-17

Uzbekistan U-17 came as a surprise by beating England U-17 in the last 16 of the 2023 U-17 World Cup (doc. FIFA).

JAKARTA - The round of 16 of the 2023 U-17 World Cup presents a big surprise, Uzbekistan U-17 managed to qualify for the quarter-finals after beating England U-17.

In the match which took place at the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS), Wednesday, November 22, 2023 afternoon WIB, Uzbekistan U-17 won 2-1 over England U-17.

Jamoliddin Rakhmatullaev's team could even appear pressing from the start of the match and open the scoring first when the game had only been running for four minutes.

Lazizbek Mirzaev's sprinkling ball moves wildly towards goal and Amirbek Saidov can convert it into a goal.

White Wolf's quick advantage, nicknamed Uzbekistan U-17, shocked The Three Lions. England, U-17, who was looking for a rhythm, immediately responded.

They started to put pressure frequently in order to create an equalizer. However, the goal that was awaited was only created in the 35th minute.

The score changed to 1-1 after Chris Rigg's through ball was maximized by Joel Ndala. Ndala calmly fired a shot at the far post that tricked goalkeeper Sobirov.

After the score was equally strong, the two teams got into a fierce battle, especially in the second half. They played openly and both launched attacks.

Even so, England U-17 is more in control by controlling a total of 61 percent of the ball. Several chances of birth, but nothing turned sweet.

In fact, Uzbekistan U-17 could steal the opportunity with a counter-attack scheme. Starting from a violation of England's U-17 slightly outside the penalty box in the 67th minute, White Wolf got a free kick.

That opportunity was not wasted by Mrizaev. His free kick immediately slid into the top left corner of the Three Lions goal which was difficult to reach Setford.

The score changed 2-1 for Uzbekistan U-17. England's U-17 is quite panicked when it comes back to being left behind, especially when there are only 20 minutes left.

They are increasingly bombarding the opponent's defense. The rhythm of the attack being built by the Three Lions was damaged before the match ended.

Uzbekistan U-17 coach Jamoliddin Rakhmatullaev was sent off by the referee for acting unsportsmanlikely by kicking the ball in the engineering area as England's U-17 players approached to pick up the ball.

The incident was colored by a commotion, but did not last long. The match was then continued and England U-17 still could not add goals.

Until the referee blew the long whistle score 2-1 for Uzbekistan U-17 to survive. White Wolf came out as and was entitled to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2023 U-17 World Cup.