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2022 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup

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2022 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
Date21 August 2022
VenueEstadio Centenario, Montevideo
RefereeDerlis López (Paraguay)
Attendance40,579[1]
WeatherSunny
15 °C (59 °F)
2023

The 2022 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup (Spanish: Sub-20 Intercontinental 2022) was the inaugural edition of the UEFA–CONMEBOL Under-20 Intercontinental Cup, a football match organised by CONMEBOL and UEFA between the winners of the U-20 Copa Libertadores and UEFA Youth League. CONMEBOL was in charge of the main organization of this edition.[2]

The Under-20 Intercontinental Cup was officially launched on 2 June 2022 as part of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding.[3] It was decided that the first edition would be played in Uruguay as it was an initiative of Peñarol and CONMEBOL, with the next edition to be played in Europe and so on.[4]

The single match was played on 21 August 2022 at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay, between Uruguayan team Peñarol, the 2022 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions, and Portuguese team Benfica, the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League champions.[3][5]

Benfica beat Peñarol 1–0, becoming the first ever winners of the Under-20 Intercontinental Cup.[6]

Background

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This was the first meeting between Peñarol and Benfica in the under-20 category. However, the senior teams of both clubs have faced four times. They played three matches for the 1961 Intercontinental Cup; the first of which was won 1–0 by Benfica on 4 September 1961 at Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, the second was won 5–0 by Peñarol on 17 September 1961 at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. The third, also held at Estadio Centenario, was a play-off of the previous two and was won by Peñarol with a 2–1 score on 19 September 1961.[7] The last match between Peñarol and Benfica was on 29 August 1971 for the Ramón de Carranza Trophy, which was won 3–1 by Benfica.[8]

Teams

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Team Qualification
Uruguay Peñarol 2022 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions
Portugal Benfica 2021–22 UEFA Youth League champions

Pre-match

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Officials

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The refereeing team was appointed by the Referees Committees of CONMEBOL and UEFA; only referees in the FIFA International Referees List were eligible (Regulations articles 28 and 29).[2] On 12 August 2022, CONMEBOL announced the refereeing team with Paraguayan official Derlis López as the referee for the match.[9] López had been a FIFA referee since 2019.[10] He was joined by four of his fellow countrymen, including assistant referees Roberto Cañete and José Villagra, with José Méndez serving as the fourth official, Germán Delfino acted as the video assistant referee (VAR) and Maximiliano Del Yesso was the assistant VAR official (AVAR), both from Argentina.

Squads

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Each team had to submit their list of 22 players (at least two of whom must have been goalkeepers) to their respective confederation by 17 August 2022, 19:00 UTC−3 (UYT) or 24:00 UTC+2 (CEST). Only players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete. Teams were permitted to make player replacements in cases of serious injuries up to 24 hours prior the start of the match (Regulations articles 26 and 27).[2]

Peñarol announced its squad on 18 August, which included forwards Máximo Alonso and Brian Mansilla, midfielder Nicolás Rossi and defender Matías González, all of them with appearances in the Peñarol's senior team.[11]

Benfica announced its squad on 19 August,[12] which did not include forward Henrique Araújo, who scored 3 goals in the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League final, but included defender Tomás Araújo and winger Pedro Santos, all of them being considered in the main team by coach Roger Schmidt.[11][7]

Match

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Details

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Peñarol Uruguay0–1Portugal Benfica
CONMEBOL
UEFA
Semedo 69'
Peñarol
Benfica
GK 12 Uruguay Randall Rodríguez
RB 2 Uruguay Joaquín Ferreira
CB 6 Uruguay Matías González
CB 3 Uruguay Agustín Rodríguez
LB 5 Uruguay Mathías De Ritis (c)
CM 14 Uruguay Damián García Yellow card 52'
CM 18 Uruguay Braulio Guisolfo downward-facing red arrow 73'
RW 16 Uruguay Nicolás Rossi
AM 19 Uruguay Santiago Homenchenko downward-facing red arrow 89'
LW 15 Uruguay Máximo Alonso downward-facing red arrow 79'
CF 9 Uruguay Óscar Cruz downward-facing red arrow 73'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Uruguay Kevin Morgan
DF 4 Uruguay Luciano Fernández
DF 17 Uruguay Alexis Piegas
DF 22 Uruguay Thiago Espinosa
MF 8 Uruguay Ademir Silva
MF 10 Uruguay Matías Ferreira upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 11 Uruguay Brian Mansilla upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 20 Uruguay Mateo Carrizo upward-facing green arrow 89'
MF 21 Uruguay Santiago Álvez
FW 7 Uruguay Diego Méndez
FW 13 Uruguay Santiago Díaz upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager:
Uruguay Juan Manuel Olivera
GK 24 Portugal Samuel Soares
RB 71 Portugal João Tomé downward-facing red arrow 86'
CB 44 Albania Adrian Bajrami
CB 62 France Lenny Lacroix
LB 65 Portugal Rafael Rodrigues (c)
CM 73 Italy Cher Ndour downward-facing red arrow 74'
CM 74 Slovenia Žan Jevšenak Yellow card 81' downward-facing red arrow 86'
CM 87 Portugal João Neves
RF 52 Portugal Henrique Pereira downward-facing red arrow 74'
CF 51 Portugal João Resende downward-facing red arrow 64'
LF 96 Portugal Diego Moreira
Substitutes:
GK 75 Portugal André Gomes
GK 92 Portugal Pedro Souza
DF 78 Portugal Francisco Domingues upward-facing green arrow 86'
DF 82 Portugal Martim Ferreira
MF 60 Portugal Nuno Félix Yellow card 90+5' upward-facing green arrow 86'
MF 76 Portugal Martim Neto Yellow card 90+3' upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 79 Portugal Diogo Nascimento
MF 86 Portugal Diogo Prioste
FW 46 Portugal Gerson Sousa upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 90 Portugal Luís Semedo upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 97 Portugal Ricardo Nóbrega
Manager:
Portugal Luís Castro

Assistant referees:[9]
Roberto Cañete (Paraguay)
José Villagra (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
José Méndez (Paraguay)
Video assistant referee:
Germán Delfino (Argentina)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Maximiliano Del Yesso (Argentina)

Match rules:[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Histórico: ¡40.579 personas disfrutaron en el Estadio Centenario de la primera Final de la Sub20 Intercontinental!" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Reglas del partido para la Sub-20 Intercontinental 2022" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "UEFA and CONMEBOL launch new intercontinental events". UEFA. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  4. ^ "La CONMEBOL y la UEFA afianzan su cooperación tras la primera final Sub20 Intercontinental" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Todo lo que debes saber de la Sub-20 Intercontinental" [Everything you need to know about the U-20 Intercontinental] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Peñarol 0-1 Benfica: UEFA Youth League holders win Under-20 Intercontinental Cup". UEFA. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Peñarol vs Benfica Under-20 Intercontinental Cup 2022: Where to watch, kick-off time, key players" (in Spanish). UEFA. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  8. ^ Prats, Luis (14 August 2022). "Peñarol-Benfica: otra Intercontinental, seis décadas más tarde" [Peñarol-Benfica: another Intercontinental, six decades later] (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Árbitros confirmados para la Sub20 Intercontinental" [Referees confirmed for Under-20 Intercontinental] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  10. ^ "FIFA 2022 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF). FIFA. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Olivera dio la lista de la sub 20 de Peñarol para la Intercontinental" [Olivera gave the list of Peñarol Under-20 for the Intercontinental] (in Spanish). El Observador. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Luís Castro trabalha com 22 jogadores "para um jogo incrível"" [Luís Castro works with 22 players "for an incredible game"] (in Portuguese). SL Benfica. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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