Enthusiastically, the Mendoza fans await the start of the Sub 20 World Cup. The first two games, Sunday 21 May, were sold out five days earlier. This Friday, another grandstand was set up to cover the high demand.
The province of Cuyo is one of the four seats, along with Santiago del Estero, La Plata and San Juan. The Youth Cup will begin this Saturday 20 May at 15:00 with the broadcast of the match between Guatemala and New Zealand, at the Mother of Cities stadium in Santiago del Estero. And it continues, at 18:00, with the match between the Argentina national team and Uzbekistan, all for group A.
There are 14 matches (two of which in the round of 16) and 12 delegations, which will pass through Mendoza. Italy, Brazil, France, Uruguay, Nigeria, Korea, the Dominican Republic, Japan, Israel, Tunisia, Gambia, Honduras and Tunisia play.
A select few are already in Cuyo province, while the rest will arrive in the next few days. “This deployment implies the completion of 95% of the hotel beds in the city of Mendoza”said the mayor of the capital Ulpiano Suarez.
The departure has generated a lot of anticipation because Nigeria and the Dominican Republic will face each other on Sunday (3 pm); AND Italy and Brazil (6pm).“We are surprised because the public, 20 thousand premises put up for sale, sold out in a few days. This Friday, Popular Sur was enabled due to popular demand”said Undersecretary for Sport Federico Chiapetta.
The government of Mendoza enabled 6,000 free tickets to the Popular North stadium for high school students. In addition to the tickets sold, the General San Martín Park stadium will be almost complete with its 40,000 seats.
The Minister of Tourism, Nora Vicarcelebrated as part of this international competition. “It will be a historic May in Mendoza with 350,000 tourists arriving in the province, which implies 80,000 more travelers than in the same month in previous years“said the official.
There are several figures within the teams that will play in Mendoza. Among Brazil’s promises are Andrey Santos, armored by Chelsea, and Matheus Martins. The Japanese Taichi Fukui, of Bayern Munich; the Israeli Tay Abed, from PSV; the Nigerian Victor Eletu, the Dominican Derek Cuevas and Simone Pafundi, who will be part of the Italian squad. Franco González is the hope of Uruguayan football, while France will be able to count on the offensive potential of Malamine Efekele, a youngster they compare to Kylian Mbappé.
Festivities in Mendoza:
Sunday 21, Nigeria-Dominican Republic (3pm) and Italy-Brazil (6pm). Monday 22nd, France-Korea (3.00pm) Gambia-Honduras (6.00pm). Wednesday 24, Italy-Nigeria (15:00) Brazil-Dominican Republic (18:00). Thursday 25, France-Gambia (15:00) Honduras-Korea (18:00). Saturday 27, Dominican Republic-Italy (15:00) Japan-Israel (18:00). Sunday 28, Tunisia-Uruguay (3.00pm) and Korea-Gambia (6.00pm). On Tuesday 30, there will be the round of 16 at 2.30pm and 6pm.
Tickets are sold via Deportick’s digital platform and can be accessed via the official FIFA website. The popular ones cost $2,000 and the stalls $3,000. The buyer gets an e-ticket with a QR code to be able to watch the match.
Source: Clarin
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