Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Maldonado: Japan and Mexico secured their places in the quarter-finals of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018 following a 1-1 draw in their Group B finale in Maldonado on Tuesday.
Group winners Japan, champions in 2014 and runners-up two years ago, will play the second-placed team from Group A - either Ghana or New Zealand - in Saturday's quarter-finals.
A fairly even and competitive first half saw little to separate these two sides, for the most part, in the afternoon sunshine at the Estadio Domingo Burgueno Miguel.
However, five minutes before half-time, the Little Nadeshiko took the lead through a fine finish from the edge of the box by Momoka Kinoshita. Her left-footed curler beat Mexico goalkeeper Jaidy Gutierrez to put the Japanese in front at the break.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Colonia Del Sacremento: DPR Korea bounced back from a heavy opening defeat to Germany by convincingly seeing off USA 3-0 and reigniting the charge to reach the quarter-finals of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Uruguay 2018.
Amid an early downpour in Colonia Del Sacramento, USA initially shone through, but it was a short-lived supremacy as they were washed away as the reigning champions kicked into gear midway through the first half. The left flank was where the Koreans found most of their joy.
The first instance came when Choe Kum-Ok - a consistent thorn in the Americans' side - forced keeper Angelina Anderson into a save, with Ko Kyung-Hui unable to capitalise on the resulting loose ball.
However, they didn't make the same mistake five minutes later. Ri Kum-Hyang pounced after an almighty scramble in the USA box and the No 5 tucked away the opener.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Montevideo: A pair of second-half strikes from Jordyn Huitema and Lara Kazandjian led Canada to a 2-0 victory over Korea Republic in Group D at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Uruguay 2018 and sealed their qualification to the quarter-finals.
The result meant Korea Republic's hopes of advancing to the knockout stage were dashed as the East Asians had also lost their opening match to Spain.
Korea Republic started the match on top, creating the majority of the goalscoring chances. Captain Cho Mij-in came closest to breaking the deadlock when her shot from the top of the penalty area struck the crossbar.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Maldonado: A rampant Japan got their FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup campaign back on track, thrashing South Africa 6-0 at Estadio Domingo Burgueño on Friday.
Haruka Osawa and Sara Ito provided two goals apiece, while Tomoko Tanaka and Yuzuki Yamamoto also got on the scoresheet as the Little Nadeshiko returned to their devastating best to completely outclass their opponents.
With four points from their opening two matches, Japan are now a single point away from sealing a sixth consecutive appearance in the knockout stage, with their fate to be determined in Tuesday's final group stage clash against Mexico.