Small margins on an intriguing opening day

• USA record a day’s usually gentle win, over hosts India
• Paraguay and Ghana secure slight victories
• New Zealand and Turkey share a points in their meeting

THE DAY REPLAYED - Aside from a large win for USA over a contest hosts in New Delhi, a opening day of a FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 was one of excellent margins.

In a other compare in Group A, Ghana saw off Colombia by a unique goal, with both sides enjoying several definite chances in what was an interesting encounter.

Paraguay lead a approach in Group B following their hard-fought feat over Mali, a diversion in that both teams conjured adult some overwhelming goals. The South Americans shot into an early 2-0 lead, usually for a Africans to cancel out their advantage roughly as quickly. In a end, however, an Alan Rodriguez chastisement gave a Paraguayans a ideal start to a competition.

Also in Group B, New Zealand reacted only in time to waylay a essential indicate opposite Turkey, nonetheless their fun was gradual by a late red label for their goalscorer, group captain Max Mata.

The games
Group A
Colombia 0-1 Ghana  
India 0-3 USA 

Group B
New Zealand 1-1 Turkey
Paraguay 3-2 Mali 

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What we learned
1. First time for India. Though a hosts unsuccessful to symbol a country’s really initial compare in a FIFA contest with a win, their fans during slightest finished a large impression, providing lots of colour and passion in New Delhi and creation their feelings for football extravagantly clear. This U-17 World Cup should yield a height for a growth of a diversion in this partial of a world.

2. Hungry for more. After collecting a adidas Silver Boot during a FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017, USA captain Josh Sargent is after nonetheless some-more silverware. The brazen took his FIFA contest idea total to 6 by scoring his side’s opener opposite India. Can he flog on and finish among a heading marksmen once again?

3. Guaraní front group flex their muscles. In subordinate for India 2017, Paraguay averaged 1.77 goals per diversion in a South American U-17 Championship. They stayed in among a goals opposite Mali, scoring 3 in all, a fifth time in La Albirroja’s history that they have struck as many or some-more in a competition, in 11 games to date.

The stat of a day
22 – the series of uninterrupted FIFA U-17 World Cup matches in that Ghana have now scored during slightest once, a new record for a competition, holding them past a prior best set by Germany.

The quote
“I’m disappointed. I’ve always asked my players not to spin their backs on a ball, and that’s accurately what we’ve left and finished today. It was a relapse in thoroughness that cost us a possibility to win a game. We’ve schooled a doctrine and I’m certain a boys will do improved second time around.”
Turkey manager Mehmet Hacioglu reacts to his side’s 1-1 pull with New Zealand

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