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Argentina's joy of six
The Argentines put a cap on their Canada 2007 campaign against the same team they opened up with: the Czech Republic. But unlike their drab, scoreless draw in Ottawa, the Final in Toronto was a display of determination, skill, and the individual and tactical brilliance that only champion teams possess. Coming back from a Martin Fenin wonder goal down, the South Americans scored twice in the second half to win 2-1. Although Mauro Zarate collected the winner in the dying minutes, it was one Sergio Aguero who brought the Albiceleste back into the game with a clever goal just seconds after conceding. This Aguero was a bit special too. Like team-mate and good friend Lionel Messi did back in 2005 in the Netherlands, the Atletico Madrid striker swept the official awards, picking up the adidas Golden Ball for best player and golden shoe for top scorer with six goals. In winning the championship, the short, powerful and all round brilliant player became only the second in history to have played in and won two FIFA U-20 World Cup Finals. In addition to spectacular vision and strength, Aguero possessed that irresistible and rare individual genius that can turn a match. His brace against Poland in the Round of 16 brought the Argentines back into the game after going a goal down and his free kick against Korea DPR and heroics in the Final with the Czechs will live long in the memory. The Argentine class of 2007 will not go down as just a one-man show though. Don't let his 160cm height fool you - Maximiliano Moralez is a giant in the making. Goalkeeper Sergio Romero, centre back Federico Fazio and outstanding central midfielder Ever Banega all showed brilliantly for the Albiceleste in their glory run in Canada. Czechs spring surprise
They didn't need a shootout to beat fellow surprise act Austria in the semi-final, winning 2-0. The Final against hot favourites Argentina prove a road too far, but the brilliant play of Martin Fenin, Marek Strestik, Tomas Pekhart and Radek Petr will linger, and represents a fine future for the country's football. Nigeria lead CAF, New World shines, Asia suffers
The 4-0 scoreline was misleading and far too hard on the Nigerians and didn't reflect their firm resistance and incredible effort. Mexico led the charge for CONCACAF. With ten players from the U-17 team that achieved global glory at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru in 2005, the Mexicans looked good for the title and were the cream of the crop from North, Central America and the Caribbean. Better even than the free-attacking and Brazil-beating USA of Freddy Adu and Michael Bradley, Giovanni Dos Santos, Carlos Vela and Patricio Araujo were unfortunate to lose out to Argentina in their quarter-final. El Tri hung with the eventual-champions for the whole game but were beaten in the end by a slim 1-0 scoreline. In diametric opposition to the strides made in North America and Africa, Asia sent only one team to the knockout rounds. Even then, Japan were beaten in their first second-round test by the Czechs. However, to overlook Korea Republic would be a mistake. Decidedly unlucky in the first round, the team, led by Shin Young Rok and Shim Young Sung, played some of the best and most-cohesive team football of the Canadian finals and should be remembered accordingly. The tournament itself is noteworthy, having broken an attendance record
that stood since Mexico 1983. Almost 1.2 million fans turned up across
the six venues to make Canada 2007 the largest single-sport event in the
country's history.
Participating nations: Congo, Nigeria, Gambia, Zambia, Japan, Korea DPR, Jordan, Korea Republic, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, USA, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay . Finishers:
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