The opening ceremony of the 2023 U20 World Cup honors the beauty of Argentine culture and football

On May 20, the final round of the FIFA U20 World Cup (U20 World Cup 2023) officially kicked off the 23-day competition with a brief opening ceremony that fully reflected the passion of the people of the Tango country for the king sport .

U20 World Cup 2023: Lễ khai mạc gắn kết nét đẹp văn hóa Argentina và bóng đá

The opening ceremony of the 2023 U20 World Cup will be held at 5:00 p.m. on May 20. (Source: FIFA)

The opening ceremony was held at 5:00 p.m. (local time) at Madre de Ciudades Stadium, in the city of Santiago del Estero in northern Argentina, nearly 1,000 km from the capital Buenos Aires.

The program took place with traditional Argentine cultural performances, including Tango and other folk dances, along with a flag parade of the 24 competing teams.

Tens of thousands of spectators in the stadium also joined in the elaborate performance of a group of male and female dancers in extremely impressive contrasting black and white costumes.

Famous singer Patricia Sosa sang the Argentine national anthem in front of a large audience at the stadium inaugurated in 2021.

Immediately after the opening ceremony was the opening match of the host Argentina against the representative from Asia - U20 Uzbekistan. The match ended the opening event perfectly with a 2-1 victory belonging to the younger generation of famous player Lionel Messi.

There are 24 teams participating in the 2023 U20 World Cup finals, divided into 6 groups. The top two teams in each group and the 4 third-placed teams with the best results will advance to the round of 16.

Initially, the 2023 U20 World Cup finals were scheduled to be held in Indonesia, but at the last minute, non-professional reasons forced the World Football Federation (FIFA) to strip the Southeast Asian country of hosting rights and give them to Argentina.

The 2023 U20 World Cup finals will take place from May 20 to June 11 in four cities: Santiado del Estero, San Juan, Mendoza and la Plata.

In this year's tournament, the candidates for the championship are teams such as U20 Brazil, U20 France, U20 England. However, we cannot ignore U20 host Argentina or African teams such as U20 Nigeria or U20 Senegal.

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