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They help each other by passing between teammates and opponents in the last seven minutes of the U17 World Cup

They help each other by passing between teammates and opponents in the last seven minutes of the U17 World Cup

U17 Women’s World Cup

With Germany in the lead and already classified as a discount against eliminated New Zealand, both teams put their hands down and devoted the last seven minutes to passing the ball between the rivals without the aim of football.

Passing between teammates and rivals with no intention of playing: This is how Germany-New Zealand ended at the U-17 Women's World Cup.
© Catch DirecTV SportsPassing between teammates and rivals with no intention of playing: This is how Germany-New Zealand ended at the U-17 Women’s World Cup.

Group B India U17 Women’s World Cup 2022 It ended with Germany and Nigeria qualifying for the quarter-finals. The Chile team Eliminated and later bid farewell 2-1 loss to the Africans For the third date.

Meanwhile, Germany beat New Zealand 3-1. And Emily Clegg’s clearance (9′).

At the end of the match, Moroccan referee Bouchera Garboubi suspended the match for seven minutes due to a power outage. Eventually the set was deemed over, but the umpire restarted the match giving the same 7′ extra.

A curious and many unpresentable postcard arrived: when the concessions were played, with a favorable score of 3-1 to qualified Germany, New Zealand had already been eliminated, both teams lowered their hands.

One of the premises of soccer is the pursuit of victory, or at least the pursuit of a competitive goal, and the discounting of game embarrassment if the score is unfavorable. But nothing about the result of Germany and New Zealand.

Thus, both teams located in the center of the field devoted themselves to passing between teammates and opponents. Some footballers even snatched the ball from him.

In the most “comic” moment of the extraordinary final, with seconds remaining, New Zealand had the ball in midfield with the German goalkeeper practically in the center circle of the pitch but no intention of finishing the goal. The non-aggression pact is already a reality and why should a goal be scored in the World Cup.

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In Chile, Pablo Flam, a journalist who responded and vented his anger: “Germans and New Zealanders helped each other for seven minutes,” he posted on his Twitter account.