The U-20 Seleção won the World Cup yesterday beating Portugal 3-2 during the overtime with a
stellar performance by Oscar. The players of U-20 teams don't always carry through with the
promises that they show at this stage but who knows if some of these will be future World Cup
stars.
So the U-20 selecao boys have done it once again, winning the World Cup for the
fifth time last night (officially tied with the senior team!) As mum would say :
"PARABENS!!" It was a hat-trick from Oscar which sealed
the deal for the boys, ensuring they got the 3-2 victory over colonial brothers, Portugal.
Playing for the Brazilian U-20 squad means you'll need to be adept at handling balls of all
shapes and sizes... did that sound right? / Photo by R.Ribeiro
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Aaah, meninos do Brasil... we haven't forgotten you! The U-20 Selecao
got their World Cup campaign to a perfect start last night with a 3-0 victory over
Austria (same result for the Argentinians). Unfortunately, three of their players
had to leave the field after suffering bad injuries including Alex Sandro, Henrique and Casemiro
(who actually left the pitch in tears!
Brazil beat Uruguay 6-0 to claim the Sudamericano Championships today and in
doing so have unearthed another superstar to the World of football as striker
Lucas claimed a wonderful hat-trick.
Lucas(18) has become a regular with Santos this season despite his tender age of eighteen and we
expect to here a lot more about this little genius in years to come.
On 25 January 2011 the under twenty sides of Brazil and Ecuador met in the first group stage of the
2011 Sudamericano sub-20 (South American Youth Championships) Brazil had already secured
qualification the the final group phase and Ecuador could have joined them with a win however
Brazil won the game 1-0 with this well worked goal finished off by 19 year old striker Henrique.
Flamengo's Diego Mauricio gets another chance to start for Brazil
Having already qualified for the next phase of the Under 20 South America tournament in Peru,
Brazil coach Ney Franco rests some of his key players for tonight's clash with Ecuador. The only
regular first-teamers expected to start are Zé Eduardo, Lucas Moura and Henrique.
Lucas Moura (left) and Casemiro
Brazil take on Bolivia this afternoon knowing that a win will see them through to the next phase
of the Under 20 tournament in Peru. Brazil coach Ney Franco will give Lucas Moura a late fitness
test – Alan Patrick is on standby. Fernando and Diego could lose their places to Zé Eduardo and
Henrique who are available after suspension
Brazil (probable): Gabriel, Danilo, Bruno Uvini, Juan, Alex Sandro, Casemiro,
Fernando (Zé Eduardo), Lucas (Alan Patrick), Diego Maurício (Henrique), William José,Neymar
Coach: Ney Franco
Bolivia (probable): Luis Cárdenas, Sergio Garzón, Jorge Toco, Alejandro Méndez,
Leandro Gareca, Daniel Ballivian, Alejandro Chumacero, Oscar Sanz, Gianakis Suárez, Diego Hoyos,
Darwin Ríos
Coach: Marco Sandy
Kick off: 1430 Brasilia 1630 London
Referee: Jorge Osorio (Chile)
Stadium: 15 de Noviembro, Moquegua, Peru
