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The crosses of the final phase of the South American U-20 Championship, which had the initial round at the Pascual Guerrero stadium and the Deportivo Cali stadium, have been defined and now the finals will be held in BogotĆ”, to be played at El CampĆn and Techo. The Colombian National Team, which has not hosted this event since 2005, when it was champion, will seek to repeat history and leave the title at home.
Finals format
Five days are played with a round-robin format, where the first four in the general table qualify for the U-20 World Cup, to be held in Indonesia from May 20 to June 11 of this year. In addition, up to the third box of the classification, they obtain a place in the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile, 2023.
Colombia invicta
Those led by HƩctor CƔrdenas have extra motivation and, at the same time, greater pressure as they are contesting this event in front of their people and being aware of the important opportunity that being able to play in this tournament means for each of the athletes, since it opens the door for them thanks to their talent. La Tricolor was located in the group of death and managed to overcome it, leaving its similar from Argentina on the road and also ending the first phase undefeated.
These have been the results of Colombia: Date 1: Colombia 1-1 Paraguay. Date 2: Peru 1-2 Colombia. Date 3 was the rest day for the locals. Date 4: Colombia 1-1 Brazil. Date 5: Colombia 1-0 Argentina.
Uruguay, primer rival
The first exam for our team will be against Uruguay, which also arrives undefeated and also stands out for its offensive power, having scored eleven goals in four games. Their results were the following: Uruguay 3-0 Chile. Uruguay 3-0 Venezuela. Uruguay 4-1 Bolivia. Uruguay 1-1 Ecuador.
This is how the final round will be played
Date 1. Tomorrow (times to be defined)
Paraguay vs Venezuela
Brazil vs Ecuador
Colombia vs Uruguay
Date 2. Friday, February 3
Colombia vs Paraguay
Brasil vs Venezuela
Uruguay vs Ecuador
Date 3. Monday, February 6
Venezuela vs Uruguay
Colombia vs Ecuador
Paraguay vs Brazil
Date 4. Thursday, February 9
Colombia vs Brazil
Uruguay vs. Paraguay
Ecuador vs Venezuela
Date 5. Sunday, February 12
Ecuador vs Paraguay
Brazil vs Uruguay
Colombia vs Venezuela30