On Sunday, Uruguay defeated Italy 1-0 to win its first Under-20 World Cup title. Celeste’s victory ends the streak of European consecutive wins in the tournament.
Uruguay's Luciano Rodríguez scored the winning goal giving the team a historical victory.
More than 40,000 people attended the match at the Diego Maradona Stadium. FIFA President Gianni Infantino was also among the people who attended the game.
The South American team had different chances to open the scoring and one of them forced goalkeeper Italy's Sebastiano Desplanches to make one of the best saves of the tournament.
Rodríguez said in tears: “This is crazy, crazy, crazy and we deserve it,” adding: “We are living a dream.”
On the other hand, Italy’s Cesare Casadei who is the tournament's top scorer had a disappointing performance in the final.
Italy coach Carmine Nunziata admitted that Uruguay played better.
Nunziata said: “The pitch has penalized any player who has more skills,” adding: “We had an incredible run. This match doesn’t cancel what we have done, playing all these matches is not easy. They were better than us today.”
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