BMO Field Toronto, Canada
It was a true display of the still efficient youth of the somewhat "watered down" U-20 Argentine squad. Martin Fenin opened the scoring in the 60th minute with a Sergio Aguero, the Atletico Madrid striker, struck back 2 minutes later, however, putting it back to even. Aguero is highly touted to be an even bigger part of the picture at Atletico this coming season with the departure of Fernando Torres to Liverpool (depending on whether or not Diego Forlan is in form). The winner was provided by Mauro Zarate in the 86th minute. Somebody in the New York pressbox here won't let us hear the end of it (his retort, "how many championships have the Americans won?"). Well, he's got us there.
Overall, it was an outright battle of youth out there. There were 10 yellow cards issued - 6 to the Czechs, 4 to the Argentines. The win, however, was Argentina's 6th U-20 title which you would think should start translating into senior World Cup wins again sometime soon.
GOALSCORERS:
CZE: Fenin (60)
ARG: Aguero (62), Zarate (86)
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