The total football of the Under 17 national team does not stop: it beats Chile at the start of the final hexagon towards the World Cup

do not stop. After an unbeatable run during the qualifying phase, the Argentina national team Sub 17 open this tuesday in front of kilos his participation in the South American’s hexagon with another solid performance: it was a 2-0 victory at Quito, to take one more step to secure one of the four places up for grabs for the next World Cup.

At the Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium in Quito, Albiceleste is once again pure football. They dominated the Trans-Andean team with pleasure and pleasure, even if they had to wait until the end of the first half to find the reassuring advantage.

First a great offensive triangulation started Claudio ‘Devil’ EcheverriAgustín Ruperto followed and Santiago López pushed her, inside the small area. 41 minutes have passed.

And in the last of the initial stage, the one who showed his magic was “Devil” Echeverri. The Albiceleste captain and goalscorer went hand in hand with the rival goalkeeper, dribbled past him with a tear at the waist and defined the empty net as 2-0. big goal.

The situation for the team led by Diego Placente was complicated by the unfair dismissal of central defender Ulises Giménez, which will mean a significant loss for the next match.

Beyond this numerical inferiority, the Albiceleste had the necessary work to manage the physique and not suffer in the Ecuadorian capital, located just over 2,800 meters above sea level.

“I’m taking the victory in the group stage. We started off on the right foot. Here it costs a lot and the truth is that winning this match is very nice”said López, scorer of Argentina’s first goal.

For his part, Captain and figure Echeverri has completed: “We are very happy with this victory for the team. We knew it would be a very difficult match, we are getting used to the height. But it was very nice to give the victory to our families who are here”.

Argentina had just finished first in group B with 10 points, while Chile finished second in group A with 7 points thanks to two wins (over Uruguay and Colombia, both 2-0), a draw (1-1 against Ecuador ) and one defeat (3-0 with Brazil).

Furthermore, the first appointment of the hexagon will have the duels between Brazil – Venezuela and Ecuador – Paraguay, both at the Atahualpa Olympic Stadium in Quito.

The original World Cup venue was Peru, but FIFA finally pulled the organization ten days ago and will announce the new host in the coming weeks.