Mali and England keep prize bid alive

• Mali and England still on march after quarter-final wins
• Ghana and USA separated from India 2017
• Semi-finals (Wednesday): Mali vs. Spain/Iran; Germany/Brazil vs. England
  

THE DAY REPLAYED – Mali and England reached a semi-finals of a FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 and will contest for a place in a final on Wednesday. They will learn their last-four opponents on Sunday.

In torrential sleet in Guwahati, African champions Mali edged past two-time U-17 World Cup winners Ghana 2-1, while a Three Lions were too good for USA, winning 4-1.

The games
Mali 2-1 Ghana
USA 1-4 England

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What we learned
High-flying Eaglets. Chile 2015 runners-up Mali began a contest in India with an unlucky 3-2 better to Paraguay. They have responded good since, however, recording gentle wins over Turkey (3-0), New Zealand (3-1) and Iraq (5-1), followed by Saturday’s feat opposite Ghana in what was a repeat of this year’s CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations final. It would seem that losing in their initial diversion was a wake-up call a Malians needed.

Three goals for a Three Lions. Rhian Brewster shined in his side’s last-eight strife with USA in Goa, scoring a hat-trick to spearhead England’s thoroughfare into a semi-finals for a initial time in contest history. Brewster netted twice within 240 seconds (11 and 14 minutes), set adult Morgan Gibbs White to make it 3-0 (64 minutes), and finished adult with a compare round after converting a stoppage-time penalty.

First-time leader on a cards? With Ghana’s exit confirmed, a chances of a first-time leader lifting a prize on Saturday 28 Oct have increasing that most more. Alongside England and Mali, 3 of Sunday’s 4 quarter-finalists (Germany, Iran, and Spain) have nonetheless to win a competition. Only three-time winners Brazil can forestall a entrance hero this year.

Goodbye, Goa! The contest started on 6 Oct with 6 horde cities, though after England’s compare with USA, we contend goodbye to Goa, a ‘Pearl of a Orient’, that follows New Delhi in bowing out of proceedings. Fans were means to suffer a sum of 9 games (six organisation matches, dual in a final 16, and one quarter-final) during the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

The stat of a day
15 - Mali have scored 15 goals during a contest to equal a prior top scorers France. Curiously, each one of a African side’s goals has come from open play, a sum that no other quarter-finalist has ever managed.

Quote of a day

Our tour ends here, good played lads.

You did your best and we’re unapproachable of we all. #FIFAU17WC #GoGhana #BlackStarlets pic.twitter.com/bPgrFTZHSE

— Ghana FA (GFA) (@ghanafaofficial) October 21, 2017

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