After the controversial match between Brazil and Argentina at the Maracanã Stadium, in which hundreds of fans were involved in a fight that triggered strong police repression, a match between these two national teams is needed in which the main protagonist is only football.
This Friday, it seems that we will have the opportunity to see just that, as the U-17 teams of Brazil and Argentina will face each other in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Indonesia. In this case, young people must set the example that adults could not and it is expected to be a spicy event, full of good football and free of violence.
Brazil and Argentina will seek the second ticket to the semifinals of the U-17 World Cup
This Friday the quarterfinal phase of the U-17 World Cup in Indonesia 2023 begins and the first match of this phase will be the exciting match between the Spanish National Team and the German National Team, who will clash for the first ticket to the semifinals.
The second ticket, precisely, will be the one that will be given to the winner of the match between Brazil and Argentina and the other two semi-finalists will be defined on Saturday with the clashes France vs Uzbekistan and Mali vs Morocco.
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In this way, both Brazil and Argentina will already know who their hypothetical rival could be in the semifinals of the World Cup tournament and both Spain and Germany aim to be tough nuts to crack. However, before thinking about the semifinals, they will have to overcome the tough challenge of the quarterfinals against their traditional rival.
This will be the first time that Brazil and Argentina will collide in a U-17 World Cup since that time in the 1997 edition in which they met, precisely, in the quarterfinals, and the event was defined with a 2-0 in favor of the Canarinha with a double from Fabio Pinto.
Recently, the record also favors Brazil, since in the South American U-17, the tournament that allowed them to access the World Cup, they also faced each other and Brazil managed to win 3-2 with goals from Riquelme Filipi (11′) , Dudu (29′) and Da Mata (60′). On the Argentina side, the goals were from Agustín Ruberto (33′) and Claudio Echeverri (55′).
