France Cruise, Spain Crash Out

[Folami David]

The first two quarterfinals of the Fifa Under-20 World Cup could not have provided more contrasting results on Saturday.
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Favourites to lift the trophy, Spain found themselves on the end of a surprising extra-time defeat by Uruguay. La Celeste required the heading skills of the tournament's tallest player, Felipe Avenatti, to see off La Rojita and claim a place in the semifinals.
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In the day's earlier match, meanwhile, France comfortably disposed of Uzbekistan to provide fans watching at home with a second sporting triumph in a matter of hours, following Marion Bartoli's success at Wimbledon.
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The French domination was such that Pierre Mankowski's charges were able to pepper the Uzbek goal with no fewer than 28 shots throughout the match.
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Les Bleuets therefore advance to the last four of Turkey 2013, the second time they have reached that stage in five appearances. And their formidable performance in Rize suggests that they have no intention of bringing their adventure to an end just yet.

[Shola Sholaz]

There is something wrong with Spanish football nowadays...They don't seem to be getting the hang of anything against their opponent. Too bad!