The 2025U-20 Men s Football World Cup quarterfinals match was released, Japan s top team to face France has caused doubts

The 2025 U-20 Men's World Cup in Chile has completed all the group stage schedules on October 5 local time, and all the top 16 are released. According to the rules, the top two in each group and the four best-achieved groups advanced to the knockout round. Group A qualifying was Japan and Chile; Group B was Ukraine, Paraguay, and South Korea; Group C was Morocco, Mexico, and Spain; Group D was Argentina and Italy; Group E was the United States, South Africa, and France; Group F was Colombia, Norway, and Nigeria.

The Japanese U-20 team, which won three consecutive victories in the group stage.

The U-20 Japanese team led by head coach Yuzo Fukiyoshi set out in the top spot in the group with a win in three games. In the round of 16, they will face third-place French team in Group E. In the group where France is located, the United States and South Africa have 6 points together. France ranks third because of the goal difference between the three teams, but it is undoubtedly a strong opponent. As a result, it may be said that the Japanese team won the first place in the group and advanced to the knockout stage is not obvious. The Korean media "Xports News" reported on the "uproar" situation in Japan. The media said that "Japan was hit hard! 'It is obvious that the team is the first, but it is going to fight France, and South Korea is the third place to fight Morocco? ' The title of "The second-ranked team in Europe is difficult to hide disappointment" is reported as follows: "Japan, which qualifies for the group with a record of 3 wins and 0 losses, will face the strong European team France in the round of 16, and it is difficult to hide its disappointment. " " France is the team second only after Spain in last year's European qualifiers. France defeated South Africa and New Caledonia, but lost 0-3 to the United States, ranking third in Group E. The advantages brought by the Japanese team's three consecutive victories are gone. "

The 2025 U-20 Men's Football World Cup Top 16 match situation chart

The media said that "Japanese fans can't hide their disappointment" and introduced the reaction of Japanese fans: "I thought it was the most likely to play against Spain, but it turned out to be France, and I was shocked, "I didn't feel the advantage of qualifying in the first place in the group," "The French team may be only the third in the group, but they are a strong team, and Japan will fall into a hard battle." By the way, South Korea, the third in Group B, will face Morocco, who has beaten Spain and Brazil, and has qualified from the top of "Death Group C". Although this is also a difficult opponent, it seems that there is also a view that "it is better than playing against France". The highly-watched match between the South Korean team and the U-20 Men's World Cup for four consecutive times is expected to kick off at 7 a.m. on October 9. The specific matches of the top 16 are as follows (date and time in brackets are both):

▼October 8

Ukraine vs Spain (3:30)

Chile vs Mexico (7:00)

October 9

Argentina vs Nigeria (3:30)

Colombia vs South Africa (3:30)

Paraguay vs Norway (7:00)

Japan vs France (7:00)

October 10

United States vs Italy (3:30)

Morocco vs South Korea (7:00)