Match Report
New Zealand U20 went into the game 2nd in the table on 6 points; Uruguay U20 sat 1st on 9 — a 3-point gap. On recent form New Zealand U20 sat only 6th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Per game in the league, New Zealand U20 were scoring 2.33 and conceding 0.67, Uruguay U20 2.33 and 0.33, against a competition average of 1.46 goals per team per game.
Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź in Łódź, capacity 18,008, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Uruguay U20 led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.