Italy win at Beneath-20 Globe Cup sets up final with Uruguay

ESPNJun eight, 2023, 07:18 PM ET2 Minute Study

Italy players celebrate following scoring a aim against South Korea in the semifinals of the U20 Globe Cup.Getty Pictures

Italy will face Uruguay in the final of the 2023 Beneath-20 Globe Cup on Sunday following each teams won their semifinal matchups on Thursday in Buenos Aires.

Each matches took location Unico Diego Armando Maradona Stadium at La Plata, which will also host the final and third-location game.

Uruguay beat surprise final-4 side Israel 1- earlier in the day ahead of Simone Pafundi scored a spectacular free of charge kick to hand Italy a late two-1 win more than South Korea and a initially look in the U20 title game.

Cesare Casadei opened the scoring for Italy in the 14th minute, but the game was back on level terms shortly following when Lee Seung-Won converted a spot kick following a VAR selection that awarded South Korea a penalty.

With the game seemingly headed to further time, Italy had been handed a free of charge kick just outdoors of the penalty region in the 86th minute and Pafundi curled an unstoppable free of charge kick more than the wall to hand his group a spot in the final.

Just before the winner, each teams had squandered golden possibilities to get ahead, which includes a single for Italy that needed aim line overview. The Italian lineup has been resurgent in the knockout rounds with wins more than England and Colombia following putting third in its group.

In the initially match of the day, Anderson Duarte scored the only aim of the match for Uruguay — who reached the U20 final in 1997 and 2013 ahead of losing — from close variety in the 61st minute from with a single of the handful of possibilities either group had throughout the match.

Israel goalkeeper Tomer Zarfati deflected a shot by Alan Matturro and it hit his left post, but Duarte was faster than the Israeli defenders to place the ball in the back of the net.

Following the aim, Israel had handful of possibilities to equalize in the remaining 30 minutes.

Uruguay also reached tournament final in 1997 and 2013. The Celeste lost these to Argentina and France, respectively.

Israel, which is playing in the competitors for the initially time, will play the third-location match Sunday against South Korea.

Protests in Muslim-majority Indonesia against hosting the Israel group forced FIFA into a pretty late switch of venues, with Argentina stepping in late to stage the tournament.

Data from The Related Press was utilised in this story.