Off to Spain, under-17s head to the Youth Club World Cup

This Saturday (29), the U-17 squad left CFA Laudo Natel for Córdoba, Spain, where they will compete in the FIFA Youth Club World Cup. Tricolor will be aiming for a third title, having won the 2007 and 2008 editions.

The competition will take place from August 31 to September 9 and will bring together traditional European and South American football clubs. The participants include Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Betis, Málaga, and Córdoba from Spain; Bayer Leverkusen from Germany; Wolverhampton from England; Dinamo Zagreb from Croatia; and Sporting from Portugal. In addition to São Paulo, South American football will also be represented by Racing from Argentina and Athletico-PR.

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Made in Cotia are in Group 3 alongside Dinamo Zagreb, Sporting, and Málaga. Their debut will be on August 31 against the Croatian side at 2 p.m. (Brasília time) in Villanueva de Córdoba. On September 2, Tricolor will face Sporting at 3 p.m. in Palma del Río. The group stage will conclude on the 3rd against Málaga at 3 p.m. in Cabra.

After the group stage, the competition will feature the quarterfinals and semifinals before the grand final, scheduled for September 9.

Head coach Alexandre Torrezan and his staff have finalized the list of 20 players who will compete in the tournament.

Cassiano Shauer

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João Soato

FULL-BACKS:

João Bispo

Luan Silva

CENTER-BACKS:

João Marcos

Kauã Daniel

Lucas Miranda

DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS:

Gabriel Silva

João Aguilar

Kauã Edmar

MIDFIELDERS:

João Paulo

Nícolas Pereira

Robert William

FORWARDS:

Carlos Eduardo

Davi Pena

Gustavo Zabarelli

João Lucas

Mikael José

STRIKERS:

Brenno Junqueira

Nicolas Francisco

Credits: Miguel Schincariol / São Paulo FC

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.