Mexico crowned Under-17 champions
Mexico scored twice in two minutes to set up a stunning 3-0 victory over defending champions Brazil to capture the Fifa Under-17 World Championship on Sunday.
Tournament top scorer Carlos Vela put Mexico ahead with a low header in the 31st minute and Omar Esparza doubled the advantage soon after with a blinding right-foot volley.
Ever Guzman sealed the win in the 86th minute with a stunning solo effort.
The victory in the 16-team tournament was Mexico’s first at any level in a Fifa World Championship. Brazil have won the event on three previous occasions.
The Netherlands beat Turkey 2-1 for third place.
The championship marked the official competition debut of the new “intelligent ball” embedded with a microchip to help referees monitor when the ball crosses the goal-line.
Fifa President Sepp Blatter has said the technology could be used at next year’s World Cup finals in Germany if tests in Peru and at a World Club Championship in Japan in December went well.
It yielded “interesting results” at the Peruvian tournament, Blatter said in Lima on Saturday.
The International Football Association Board - made up of the English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish associations, plus Fifa - will make a decision on whether to use the ball in Germany on March 4.
Source: int.iol.co.za
Auckland Up Against Mexico
The Auckland City football club will meet Mexicos Club America in the first round of the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan in December.
Auckland, who won the Oceania Nations Cup, will have to get past the Concacaf champions to meet European champions Barcelona in the semi-finals.
Barcelona have been seeded into the semifinals along with the yet to be determined South American champions.
If Auckland City is beaten by Club America they will play the loser of the quarterfinal between the yet to be determined Asian and African champions.
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