Ecuador, who got off to the wrong start at the FIFA U-20 World Cup after losing 1-0 to the United States of America, corrected their course in the next two days and on Friday, at the end of Group B, achieved the biggest victory so far in the tournament: 9-0 for Fiji.

For the match on June 1, Miguel Bravo’s students expect an opponent who should be second in Group F. The candidates are Gambia or South Korea, who are fighting for the lead.

Eleven goals for and one against for a ratio of 9 outlines the top performance of the tricolor with a view to the round of 16. If they win the tie, they could face hosts Argentina, who are classified as Group A leaders, in the quarter-finals.

‘Among the greatest in history’

After defeating Fiji at the Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades in Santiago del Estero, northern Argentina, Ecuador’s 9-0 victory entered the record books as the third biggest victory in FIFA U-15 World Cup history. twenty.

In addition, the match was led by Kendry Páez, who at 16 years and 22 days became the youngest player in history to score a goal in this championship.

Other shouts were: Justin Cuero (2), José Klinger, Cristopher Zambrano (2), Alan Minda (2) and Tommy Chamba.

In the 23 editions of this traditional tournament since it began to be played in 1977, the biggest victory was that of Norway, 12-0, over Honduras at the World Cup in Poland 2019.

This was followed by Brazil’s 10-0 defeat of Belgium in the 1997 Malaysian edition.

The fourth most resounding victory was recorded by Venezuela, defeating Tahiti 8-0 in the edition of Egypt 2009. With the same result, Spain defeated Tahiti at the World Cup in Egypt.

While the highest scoring match is 10-3 between Brazil and Korea Republic at the 1997 World Cup in Malaysia.

FIFA points out on its website that Ecuador’s victory over Fiji was located “among the greatest in history” in that tournament and the largest national team in all its participations in the FIFA World Cups.

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