Other African
representatives, Nigeria, Angola and Senegal all won their opening matches.
Cameroon, Africa’s Under-17
football champions were upset in their Group E match by Tajikistan, losing 0-1
and thus becoming the only African team at the tournament in Brazil not to win
their opening match.
Tajikistan’s victory was
their second second win ever at a U-17 World Cup, their first coming twelve
years ago against USA.
They were able to beat
Cameroon via a penalty. Tajikistan’s head coach, Zaynidin Rakhimov, made a
perfect pair of half-time subs – Amadoni Kamolov and Rustam Soirov came off the
bench and combined to win the penalty kick that sealed the game.
And for Cameroon, it was a
woeful outing to mark their return to the tournament after 16 years. They next
face Argentina on 31 October, while Tajikistan will face Spain.
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In the other match in the
group, South American kings Argentina settled for a goalless draw with Spain.
In the other results on
Monday, Italy thrashed Solomon Islands in Group F, while Mexico and Paraguay
played a goalless draw.
In Italy’s whitewash of
Solomon Islands, 15-year-old Inter Milan prodigy Wilfried Gnonto, Italy’s
youngest player, stood out. Gnonto, who turns 16 on 5 November, torched Solomon
Islands defenders for two goals and one assist in a 10-minute span during the
first half.
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