5 facts about the final between Uruguay and Italy
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Uruguay and Italy will play the final of the U-20 World Cup at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Buenos Aires.
Uruguay vs. Italy: This will be the final of the U-20 World Cup that will be held this Sunday. The meeting will be at 2:00 pm PT in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Here are 5 facts about the final between the two teams
Final venue
The final will be played at 6:00 pm in Buenos Aires at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in the capital of Argentina. This is the second time that Argentina has hosted a U-20 World Cup. The first edition was in 2001 and the albiceleste emerged champion with a 3-0 victory over Ghana with goals from Diego Colotto, Javier Saviola, and Maxi Rodríguez.
Uruguay has not won a U-20 World Cup in its history. Argentina is the top winner of the tournament with six titles, while Brazil has 5 championships. Uruguay has lost two finals after losing 2-1 to Argentina in 1997 and then on penalties to France in 2013.
- Italy are looking to win their first U16 final -20
The Italian team will play their first final in a U-20 World Cup. The team has a bronze medal in 2017, after defeating Uruguay on penalties, and a fourth-place finish in 2019 after losing to Ecuador in the third-place match.
Cesare Casadei, the Italian goalscorer
Cesare Casadei is the tournament's top scorer with 7 goals. The youngster, who is a Chelsea tab and is on loan at Reading, scored two goals against Brazil, two against the Dominican Republic,
Stars that have come out of the Under-20 World Cup
Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba, Sergio Aguero, Dominic Solanke, Juan Roman Riquelme, Paulo Silas, and Erling Haaland are among the stars who have come out of the tournament.
Both teams seek to become world champion teams in the senior category and in the under-20 category.