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FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 201530 May - 20 June

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Otago StadiumDunedin (NZL)
31 May 2015 - 16:00 Local time
Group matches - Group D
Uruguay
UruguayURU
Serbia
SerbiaSRB
Full-time
FT
1-0

Overview

Match summary

Gaston Pereiro of Uruguay celebrates with team mates after scoring a goal

Pereiro strike sinks Serbia

Gaston Pereiro was the match-winner as Uruguay began their New Zealand 2015 campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Serbia to move joint-top of Group D.
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Match Highlights

Quotes

"Considering the opposition, we had expected a hard-fought encounter in terms of individual battles, challenges in the air and every aspect of the game. Fortunately we were able to keep the opposition in check and get a favourable result," Fabian Coito, Uruguay coach. 

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19:5131 May 2015
The final whistle sounds.
19:5031 May 2015
90'+Serbia swing in the corner.
19:5031 May 2015
90'+Serbia take the corner kick.
19:4831 May 2015
90'+Serbia try a shot on goal, but it is off-target.
19:4531 May 2015
88'A player from Uruguay is adjudged to be in an offside position.
19:4431 May 2015
88' F. ACOSTA (in) comes off the bench to replace G. PEREIRO (out) (Uruguay)
19:4331 May 2015
87'The goalkeeper of Uruguay pulls off a save.
19:4331 May 2015
87'A player from Serbia sees his effort hit the target.
19:4231 May 2015
86'Uruguay are penalised after committing a foul.
19:4131 May 2015
84'Serbia concede a free-kick following a challenge on a player from Uruguay.

Statistics

Ball possession
46
%
54

Attempts

9Attempts15
3On-Target5
4Off-Target6
2Blocked4

Disciplinary

14Fouls Committed11
0Yellow cards1
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0

Attacking

3Corners9
3Offsides1
12Free kicks17
5Saves2

Line-ups

Uruguay
UruguayURU
Serbia
SerbiaSRB
12
G. GURUCEAGA
(GK)
1
RAJKOVIĆ
(GK)(C)
4
M. LEMOS
3
ANTONOV
5
N. NANDEZ
(C)
4
ZDJELAR
84'
7
F. CASTRO
5
VELJKOVIC
8
M. ARAMBARRI
6
BABIC
9
J. BAEZ
71'
7
SAPONJIC
10
G. PEREIRO
88'
8
MAKSIMOVIC
15
K. MENDEZ
46' HT
10
GACINOVIC
68'
17
M. SUAREZ
11
ZIVKOVIC
18
G. COTUGNO
14
JOVANOVIC
73'
19
E. CABACO
20
SERGEJ
SubstitutesSubstitutes
1
T. CARDOZO
(GK)
12
MANOJLOVIC
(GK)
21
M. TABAREZ
(GK)
21
VANJA
(GK)
2
A. ALE
2
GAJIC
68'
3
C. GONZALEZ
9
MANDIC
84'
6
D. POYET
71'
13
MILOSEVIC
11
F. ACOSTA
88'
15
STEVANOVIC
13
M. SARACHI
16
GRUJIC
73'
14
E. ETCHEVERRY
17
PANKOV
16
R. GUERRA
18
JANKOVIC
20
R. AMARAL
46' HT
19
ILIC
CoachCoach
Fabian COITO (URU)Veljko PAUNOVIC (SRB)

Match Facts

Dunedin

Dunedin
Dunedin, Otago, is located on the south east coast of New Zealand’s South Island, and was New Zealand’s first city. Named after its sister city, Dunedin is the Celtic name for Edinburgh. It is the second largest city in the South Island and is one of New Zealand’s most important educational and cultural centres.

Otago Stadium

Weather

  • Sunny
  • 7° CTemperature
  • 9 m/sWind
  • 64 %Humidity

Officials

  • Referee: Ryuji SATO
    Japan
    JapanJPN
  • Assistant Referee 1: Akane YAGI (JPN)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Hiroshi YAMAUCHI (JPN)
  • Fourth official: Joseph LAMPTEY (GHA)

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