Argentina Wins 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

by SSreporters

Argentina 2 Czech Republic 1: After what was a pretty boring scoreless first half, it built into a classic 2nd half as Argentina win their 6th FIFA U-20 World Cup title. The only thing to describe in the 1st half involving shots, was a Czech Republic free kick bounced around, conveniently to Marek Suchy, who had his shot come off the post after Argentine goalie Sergio Romero pushed it away from goal. Aside from that, it was start and stop, many fouls called, with the Czech's looking a little more prepared than the defending champs. Then came the 2nd half.

After both teams' keepers needed to make big saves in the span of 20 seconds in the 52nd minute, the Czech Republic stunned the Argentineans with a great volley by Martin Fenin inside the 18 yard box in the 60th minute. That seemed to have motivated the Argentina squad, and scored two minutes later on a shot by Sergio Aguero, who won the golden shoe (most goals scored in the tournament). The assist came from Mauro Zarate, who would later become a hero. In the 86th minute, Zarate took what looked like a harmless shot from about 16 yards out, but keeper Radek Petr was caught flatfooted, and caused most of the 20,000 fans at the National Soccer Stadium in Toronto to erupt.

It was a very good match, and the Czech Republic almost pulled of the upset. But in the end, it wasn't enough.

Congrats Argentina for your 6th title, and thank you Canada for being a wonderful host for a thrilling tournament.

In the 3rd place game: Chile 1 Austria 0. A goal by Hans Martinez in the final minute of the 1st half led Chile to a thrilling 1-0 win over Austria, who had many chances to equalize. Chile themselves had many opportunities to put the game away late, but the Austrian keeper was tremendous.