The Argentine national team made the most of its greater experience and ability to overcome the spectacular Colombia 1-0 and thus advance to the grand final of the U-20 World Cup against Morocco that minutes Previously, they had defeated other favorite teams such as France in a penalty shootout 5-4 (1-1).

Argentina simply put into action what has given them results, a block approach, supported by the individuality of players such as Gianluca Pastrani, Milton Delgado, Ian Subiabre and, in the second half, the key man, Mateo Silvetti, who in the 72nd minute crowned Pastriani's play to beat the Colombians and give them a blow to the heart that ended up being fatal.

Colombia, for its part, sought to complicate the night for the Argentines with its staggered formation and high pressure, but after Emilio Aristizabal, son of former Colombian national team player Victor Aristizabal, Joel Canchimbo and Oscar Perea missed clear scoring opportunities, they ended up burying their victory and falling into the hands of the Argentines.

In this way, the team led by Diego Placente returns to a final in this category after 18 years of not doing so for different reasons that ended up affecting the Argentine youth football, but now based on the quality of their players they gave the definitive pass that placed them on the threshold of their sixth universal title in this category.

With Placente at the helm, Argentina will now seek to add a title to those they have achieved in 1999, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2007, so the long drought in a category tailor-made for the competitive Argentine generations had placed them in the privileged places of this category.

The details

The Colombians took the initiative of the match, with clear actions towards the Argentine goal, where goalkeeper Santino Barbi began to be an important factor in keeping his squad current in the match, especially with arrivals from Aristizabal and Perea.

For the second half, Argentina changed their mindset and stretched the game out, causing Colombia to lose their composure due to their eagerness to go after the result and neglect their backs, where Gianluca Pastrani and Mateo Silvetti, who came on as a substitute, began to show their strength and with this, created that change of pace that was deadly for the Colombians.

This style gave them the result, because at 72 minutes, in a play mainly set up by Pastrani who filtered a pass to Silvetti, he entered the area and without pressure, gently touched it under goalkeeper Garcia to nestle the ball into the net and lead Argentina to the grand final.

Colombia looked to react, but six minutes later Jhon Renteria was sent off for a second yellow card for pulling an opponent and with that the Colombians lost strength and had to say goodbye to one of the most attractive teams in the competition.

Colombia could no longer react and ended up being eliminated for Argentina in the U-20 World Cup, to define the tournament's final, where they will face Morocco, who had eliminated France in a penalty shootout hours earlier.