Luck was clearly on Claudio UBEDA’s team on Saturday as everything went their way and Argentina picked up the win and qualified for the U20 World Cup.

A win alone would not have guaranteed Argentina a spot at the U20 World Cup later this year in South America. The kids needed a win against a Venezuelan team who was impressing and for Brazil to drop points against last place Colombia. That’s exactly what happened. Two goals from Lautaro MARTINEZ sealed a 2-0 win against Venezuela while Brazil dropped points and drew 0-0 against Colombia.

Argentina, along with champions Uruguay, Ecuador and Venezuela all qualified for the tournament in South Korea while Brazil and Colombia miss out. Lautaro MARTINEZ’s two goals equalled him as the tournament’s top goalscorer with fellow team mate Marcelo TORRES as both received the trophy for top goal scorer.

Hey everyone,

We’ve made it to the last match today.  Unfortunately, the sub 20 Argentina national team have put themselves in a difficult predicament in this Sudamericano Tournament.  They must beat Venezuela today with a difference of 5 goals in order to directly qualify for this summer’s World Cup in S. Korea.  If this does not happen they will have to rely on today’s other match results.  One possibility is that they win and hope that Brazil doesn’t beat Colombia.  Another possibility is that Ecuador gets blown out by Uruguay. If they tie against Venezuela, Argentina will only qualify if Colombia beats Brazil by a 5 goal difference.

How did Argentina come to this?  We are supposed to be Argentina, a powerhouse in the world of football. In my opinion, it’s not the kids fault at all.  It’s a structural and political problem in Argentina and with AFA.  This is a topic that needs to be discussed at a later time as right now as the focus should be on just qualifying.  Or maybe not qualifying is a good thing? Maybe it will finally make shake things up in AFA and force them to make serious changes.  Elections are coming up again soon.  Let’s hope they don’t mess it up again!

Argentina’s formation:

Ramiro Macagno o Franco Petroli; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Juan Foyth y Milton Valenzuela; Santiago Ascacibar y Tomás Belmonte;, Brian Mansilla y Tomas Conechny; Marcelo Torres y Lautaro Martinez. DT: Claudio Ubeda.

Sudamericano Sub 20 Table:

Pos	Team	PJ	PG	PE	PP	DG	PT
1	Uruguay	4	3	0	1	4	9
2	Ecuador	4	2	1	1	4	7
3	Venezuela	4	2	1	1	4	7
4	Brasil	4	1	2	1	0	5
5	Argentina	4	1	1	2	-5	4
6	Colombia	4	0	1	3	-7	1

Stadium: Atahualpa de Quito.

Time: 17:30 (Argentina)

VAMOS ARGENTINA!!!