Uruguay tops Gambia at Under-20 World Cup, performs U.S. in quarterfinals

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Anderson Duarte’s strike from the sting of the penalty space put Uruguay by to the Under-20 World Cup quarterfinals with a 1-0 win in opposition to Gambia on Thursday.

Uruguay performs the United States within the final eight on Sunday.

Both groups misplaced gamers to purple playing cards within the hard-fought match in Santiago del Estero. Mansour Mbye’s ejection left Gambia a person down from the seventeenth minute, whereas Uruguay’s Luciano Rodriguez was despatched off shortly earlier than the break.

Uruguay wasted a number of alternatives to double its lead in opposition to a drained Gambian group that had few possibilities to equalize after Duarte scored within the sixty fifth with a low left-footed shot into the nook.

The winner of Uruguay vs. U.S. will play Brazil or Israel within the semifinals.