Malago Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) The draw for the sub 20 World Cup to be held in Argentina takes place shortly at 3 pm. Alex Scott’s England are in pot 2 and could be drawn to play Argentina (pot 1) in Mendoza in the el estadio Malvinas Argentinas. The tournament has been switched from Indonesia because said country refused to admit the Israeli team. It will be interesting to see if FIFA, which is allegedly neutral, will allow the inclusion of a stadium with such an overtly political name. Edited April 21, 2023 by Malago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Malago said: The draw for the sub 20 World Cup to be held in Argentina takes place shortly at 3 pm. Alex Scott’s England are in pot 2 and could be drawn to play Argentina (pot 1) in Mendoza in the el estadio Malvinas Argentinas. The tournament has been switched from Indonesia because said country refused to admit the Israeli team. It will be interesting to see if FIFA, which is allegedly neutral, will allow the inclusion of a stadium with such an overtly political name. My daughter thought the Malvinas Islands were the same as the Maldives. Mrs Fevs and my honeymoon might’ve been a bit different if so! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 12 minutes ago, Malago said: The draw for the sub 20 World Cup to be held in Argentina takes place shortly at 3 pm. Alex Scott’s England are in pot 2 and could be drawn to play Argentina (pot 1) in Mendoza in the el estadio Malvinas Argentinas. The tournament has been switched from Indonesia because said country refused to admit the Israeli team. It will be interesting to see if FIFA, which is allegedly neutral, will allow the inclusion of a stadium with such an overtly political name. The name of the stadium is not political, simply the Spanish name for the Falkland Islands. The city of Mendoza however is clearly political having been named after Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza y Manrique, 5th Marquis of Canete, a 16th century Governor of Chile and a Viceroy of Peru. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 14 minutes ago, Davefevs said: My daughter thought the Malvinas Islands were the same as the Maldives. Mrs Fevs and my honeymoon might’ve been a bit different if so! That's assuming you would have left the room. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolcityyatton Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said: The name of the stadium is not political, simply the Spanish name for the Falkland Islands. The city of Mendoza however is clearly political having been named after Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza y Manrique, 5th Marquis of Canete, a 16th century Governor of Chile and a Viceroy of Peru. It does seem like a political statement. The name was changed after the Falklands war according to Wikipedia and there doesn't seem to be any other reason to name it after a group of disputed islands 2000km away from the stadium other than to make a point. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishRed Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 As a complete aside I would have loved to attend a club game in Argentina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 We can however be sure that if it happens, within five minutes the the Daily Mail will have some Click Hate article up about how this is an insult to Falkland Veterans. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Davefevs said: My daughter thought the Malvinas Islands were the same as the Maldives. Mrs Fevs and my honeymoon might’ve been a bit different if so! Indeed, and you would have been embarrassed having to explain what you meant about your little adventure in Goose Green. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 Group A Argentina, Uzbekistan, Guatemala, New Zealand Group B USA, Ecuador, Fiji, Slovakia Group C Senegal, Japan, Israel, Colombia Group D Italy, Brazil, Nigeria, Dominican Republic Group E Uruguay, Iraq, England, Tunisia Group F France, Korea Republic, The Gambia, Honduras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 England should win that group at a canter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 50 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: England should win that group at a canter. I hope you’re right. I would have no clue who is good and who isn’t. Fiji? Didn’t even know they played footy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted April 22, 2023 Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 10 hours ago, REDOXO said: I hope you’re right. I would have no clue who is good and who isn’t. Fiji? Didn’t even know they played footy! It certainly doesn't follow that good young international sides are from countries with good senior sides, it's often an indicator of who we should be looking out for in 3-5 years time. It's interesting how few representatives from Europe there are at that level, Italy and France are the only other ones there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted April 22, 2023 Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 I thought this thread would be about sandwiches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 22, 2023 Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 22 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: It certainly doesn't follow that good young international sides are from countries with good senior sides, it's often an indicator of who we should be looking out for in 3-5 years time. It's interesting how few representatives from Europe there are at that level, Italy and France are the only other ones there. Slovakia too but I get your point. It would be interesting to see which clubs the players from some of the smaller nations play for - do they still play in their home countries or have they been picked up by the bigger clubs in the world at age 12? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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