{"id":484097,"date":"2025-09-23T20:19:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T00:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/the-precocity-of-youth-stars-devalues-the-chile-2025-u-20-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T20:19:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T00:19:05","slug":"the-precocity-of-youth-stars-devalues-the-chile-2025-u-20-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/football\/the-precocity-of-youth-stars-devalues-the-chile-2025-u-20-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"The precocity of youth stars devalues the Chile 2025 U-20 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<strong>SANTIAGO DE CHILE.<\/strong> \u2013 The FIFA U-20 World Cup, a tournament historically recognized as the cradle of future legends like Lionel Messi or Mohamed Salah, faces an unprecedented scenario this year: the absence of several of the main youth jewels of world football.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/The precocity of youth stars devalues the Chile 2025 U-20 World Cup\">The precocity of youth stars devalues the Chile 2025 U-20 World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nNames like <strong>Lamine Yamal<\/strong>, <strong>Franco Mastantuono<\/strong>, <strong>Claudio \u201cDiablito\u201d Etcheverry<\/strong> and <strong>Estevao Willian<\/strong> will not be present in Chile 2025, because their clubs decided not to release them at the beginning of a long and demanding season. Factors such as the calendar, the distance of the venue and professional commitments have weighed in the refusal.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sensitive casualties in Argentina and Brazil<\/h3>\n\n\nArgentina, although it will compete with a competitive roster, will suffer the absence of Etcheverry, Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s playmaker, although it will have young promises like <strong>Gianluca Prestianni<\/strong>, <strong>Julio Soler<\/strong>, <strong>Milton Delgado<\/strong>, <strong>Maher Carrizo<\/strong> and <strong>Mateo Silvetti<\/strong>, the latter backed by Lionel Messi at Inter Miami.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brazil will also not have its main talents already established in the elite such as <strong>Endrick<\/strong>, <strong>Vitor Roque<\/strong> and <strong>Angelo Gabriel<\/strong>. Even so, the Canarinha will try to conquer the title with <strong>Deivid Washington<\/strong> (Chelsea), <strong>Luigi<\/strong> (Palmeiras) and <strong>Wesley<\/strong> (Al-Nassr).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mexico, Chile and the other confederations<\/h3>\n\n\nMexico arrives incomplete after not having <strong>Obeid Vargas<\/strong>, retained by Seattle Sounders, but midfielder <strong>Gabriel Mora<\/strong>, only 16 years old, will lead their squad, along with <strong>El\u00edas Montiel<\/strong> from Pachuca.\n\nThe host selection, Chile, also loses its greatest talent, defender <strong>Iv\u00e1n Rom\u00e1n<\/strong>, retained by Atl\u00e9tico Mineiro. In Oceania, <strong>Nestory Irakunda<\/strong> (Australia) was not released by Watford, while in Africa the absences of <strong>Emmanuel Chukwu<\/strong> and <strong>Precious Benjamin<\/strong> stand out. However, Morocco will have two promising figures: <strong>Ali Maamar<\/strong> (Anderlecht) and <strong>Gessime Yassine<\/strong> (Dunkerque).\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A challenge for FIFA<\/h3>\n\n\nThe situation reflects the great challenge facing FIFA: the meteoric rise of young talents who, at an early age, are already fundamental pieces in elite clubs, which clashes with the formative and competitive spirit of the U-20 World Cup.\n\nThe tournament in Chile, which starts with high expectations, will be marked by the absence of these stars who, despite not being on the field, are already part of the global football conversation.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTIAGO DE CHILE. \u2013 The FIFA U-20 World Cup, a tournament historically recognized as the cradle of future legends like Lionel Messi or Mohamed Salah, faces an unprecedented scenario this year: the absence of several of the main youth jewels of world football. 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