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Brazil advances to U17 World Cup Round of 16 on penalties over Paraguay

The Brazil U17 team beat Paraguay on penalties to advance to the World Cup Round of 16 in Qatar. Other tournament matches also ended with results.


Brazil advances to U17 World Cup Round of 16 on penalties over Paraguay

The Brazil U17 national team drew 0-0 with Paraguay and, through a penalty shootout, defeated them 5-4 to advance to the round of 16 of the World Cup held in Doha, Qatar. The 'Verdeamarela' played almost the entire match with ten players due to the expulsion of Vitor Hugo in the 8th minute of the first half. The U.S. team was the first to score in the first half with a goal by Jude Terry, and in the second half, Abdellah Ouazane equalized the match. Finally, Switzerland won 3-1 against Egypt with goals from Nevio Scherrer, Ethan Bruchez, and Jill Stiel. For the African team, Anas Anas Roshdy scored in the added time of the second half. In the round of 16, they will face Ireland, who defeated Canada in a long penalty shootout 9-8 after a 1-1 draw in ninety minutes. The goals in the match were scored by Antoine Valeroy and Pierre Monguengue. Portugal advanced to the next stage by beating Belgium 2-1. The team led by Adama Diallo took the lead with a header in the 5th minute of the second half thanks to a goal by Raymond Bomba. Subsequently, in the 17th minute of the second half, Mapalo Simute equalized the score for Zambia. In this way, as the Argentine News Agency was able to find out, in the next stage, they will face France. The 'Galo' team reaches the round of 16 after defeating Colombia 2-0, demonstrating their dominance over the South American team. The goal for the European team was scored by Michael Noonan, and Sergei Kozlovsky equalized for the North American team.