A last-minute goal! Italy's team has lost again.

A last-minute goal! Italy's team has lost again.

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Uruguay is the champion! Waking up, you might see this news. The champion mentioned here is not about the Copa America, nor the World Cup, but the U-20 World Cup. In the U-20 World Cup final ended this morning Beijing time, Uruguay U-20 team won by 1-0 against Italy U-20 with the last-minute goal from the 19-year-old player, Luciano-Rodriguez, achieving their first U-20 World Cup championship in history after being South American U-20 champions eight times.


Different from the globally popular men's World Cup, the U-20 World Cup is a stage that tests young people. Although its influence is limited, it has a history of nearly half a century. However, after entering the 21st century, many traditional European strong teams do not pay enough attention to this event, and teams from Asia and Africa have frequently become the main players. Looking at the history of the U-20 World Cup, it was dominated by South American teams for most of the early years, but there have been some surprising champions recently, such as Ghana, Serbia, and Ukraine.


Italy itself is well-known, and with the average goals per game in the U-20 World Cup of Casadei being over one, it's too explosive, making people pay more attention to the Blue Youth Army in this U-20 World Cup final. However, surprisingly, the game was under the control of the Uruguay U-20 from beginning to end. Their 15 shots on goal were five times that of Italy U-20, and dangerous attacks were almost three times those of the opponent. The Blue Youth Army was defeated only by 0-1 at the last moment, which was very fortunate.

Italy U-20, with zero shots on target throughout the game, lost the final. The comedians then have new material - this is the 4th important match that the Italian team has lost in half a month. The Europa League final was a penalty shootout lost by Roma to Sevilla; the UEFA Cup final, where Fiorentina was shockingly defeated by West Ham; the Champions League final, Inter Milan fought to the last moment, losing 0-1 to Manchester City was still commendable; and now Italy U-20 has fallen in the U-20 World Cup final, missing the first championship in their history.


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As the U-20 World Cup champion, Uruguayan football may usher in another talent boom in the near future. The runner-up Italy, however, will definitely not settle for mediocrity. In the near future, the Blue Army will start their journey to the UEFA Nations League semi-finals. After the disappointment in the World Cup qualifiers, can the sorrowful Blue Army make history in this competition they have never touched before?