African Champions South Africa and Nigeria opened their 2025 FIFA U20 World Cup campaigns with defeats on Monaday night in Chile.
South Africa were beaten 2-1 by France in Group E while USA hammered debutants New Caledonia 9-1 in another group’s match.
In group F, Rasmus Holte’s 9th minute goal from a spot kick was enough to see Norway overcome Nigeria while Colombia were aslo 1-0 victors over Saudi Arabia in another match.
Egypt will open rund two matches as they face New Zealand in a must win for both sides who lost their opening group A fixtures,Egypt going down 2-0 to Japan while New Zealand were beaten 2-1 by hosts Chile.
