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Cuba bids farewell to the U-20 Soccer World Cup with a victory

The team finished second in group C, only behind Honduras. The only setback left the roster out of the hexagonal, which will provide tickets for the category's World Cup in 2019.

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The Cuban under-20 category team said goodbye this Friday with a 7-0 win against the island of San Martín in the Pre-World Cup of the Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean Football (Concacaf), which had its first phase in Florida , USA.

Those led by coach Raúl González Triana opened the scoring in the 36th minute with a header from Geobel Pérez, and added another goal before the break through Jean Rodríguez.

According to the website of the North, Central America and Caribbean Football Confederation, in the second half the Antilleans scored another five times, thanks to goals from Christian Flores, José Pérez, Frank Nodarse, Omar Pérez and the second in the match of Perez.

In this way, Cuba ended its participation in group C with 12 points, at the rate of four victories against Belize, the Dominican Republic, Antigua and San Martín, and a single defeat 1-3 against Honduras 1-3.

The setback left the team out of the hexagonal, which will provide tickets for the World Cup of the category in Poland in 2019.

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