The Argentina U-17 team will seek this Friday to finish third in the world of the category that is celebrated in Indonesiawhen playing against Mali in it Manaha Stadiumn of the city of Surakarta.
The match will be played starting at 9 (Argentina time) with the Chinese refereeing Ming Fuand if it ends tied it will be defined with shots from the penalty spot.
The final will be next Saturday between Germanywhich eliminated Argentina in the semifinals in a penalty shootout after having tied 3 to 3 in the 90 minutes, and Francewhich surpassed Mali for 2-1.
Argentinadirected by Diego Placentebegan the contest with a fall against Senegal (2-1) but then recovered with wins against Japan (3-1) and Poland (4-0) to finish as leader of group D.
In the knockout phase they beat Venezuela (5-0), then repeated a great performance against Brazil (3-0), until the aforementioned defeat against the Germans.
Argentina He had a very good performance with high-level players like Claudio Echeverrithe figure of the team and author of the three goals against Brazil, Agustín Rubertoscorer of the competition, and Valentino Acuñaamong several others.
Mali was second in Group B, behind Spainafter equaling against the Iberians (2-2) and beating Uzbekistan (3-0) and Canada (5-1), eliminating in the round of 16 Mexico (5-0), to Morocco in the quarterfinals (1-0) and being surpassed by France.
Argentina he was never able to get past the semi-finals the five times he played them (1991, 1995, 2001, 2003 and 2013) and if he wins he will be able to match the best performances when he achieved third place in 1991, 1995 and 2003.
What time does Argentina vs Mali play?
Schedule: 9 in Argentina
Where to watch Argentina vs Mali
Televisa: TyC Sports and DSports.
Formations
Argentina: Jeremías Florentín; Dylan Gorosito, Juan Giménez, Tobías Palacio and Octavio Ontivero; Valentino Acuña and Mariano Gerez; Claudio Echeverri, Ian Subiabre and Santiago López; Agustín Ruberto. DT: Diego Placente.
Mali: Bourama Kone; Moussa Trore, Souleymane Sanogo, Issa Traore and Baye Coulibaly; Hamidou Makalou, Sekou Kone and Ange Martial Tia, Ibrahim Diarra, Ibrahim Kanate and Mahamoud Barry. DT: Soumalia Coulibaly.
Referee: Ming Fu (China)
Court: Manahan Stadium
Source: Ambito
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