Match Report
The table read 4th (Senegal U20, 2 pts) against 3rd (Japan U20, 3 pts), 1 points apart. Senegal U20 had been under-performing their position — 19th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Senegal U20 were scoring 0.67 and conceding 1, Japan U20 1 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.47 goals per team per game.
Senegal U20 had won six straight, having scored in 11 consecutive games. Over the last five, Senegal U20 had taken 15 of 15 points to Japan U20's 7.
The match was played at Estadio Ciudad de La Plata in La Plata (capacity 20,000). On the scoreboard, Japan U20 led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.