0-1: Norway, against France in the quarterfinals after eliminating Paraguay

Norway was imposed this Wednesday (early morning on Thursday Spanish time) over Paraguay with a goal at minute 116 of Niklas Fuglestad (0-1)after having tied without goals in regulation time, in the round of 16 of the U-20 World Cup in Chile, in a duel played at the Fiscal Stadium in Talca, in which 30 minutes of overtime were played.

The Vikings will face each other next Sunday, October 12 in Valparaíso Francewhich also defeated Japan 0-1 in extra time, in Santiago.

It is the first time that Norway advances to the quarterfinals, since in its three previous participations in this tournament it did not advance beyond the group stage. It was a weak offensive match in which Albirroja tried harder to open the scoring, had a missed penalty in the 11th minute and a goal disallowed beginning the second half, against a European team that hardly attacked.

Norway He saved his goal just 11 minutes into the match, when goalkeeper Einar Fauskanger, from FK Haugesund, saved a penalty that was the first and only dangerous play of the first half.

Olimpia forward Tiago Caballero collected it, after being decreed by Costa Rican referee Keylor Herrera, after reviewing the request to the VAR made by coach Antolín Alcaraz.

The 17-year-old goalkeeper was the figure with his effort to save his team, punished by a handball from defender and captain Rasmus Holten, of Norwegian SK Brann, which seemed involuntary, and another save at the end of the game.

In the first minutes of the second half, they annulled a goal for the Paraguayans, which Axel Balbuena had scored on a free kick taken by Rodrigo Villalba, but the judge observed a previous foul by the scorer in the area.

The coach of the Guarani Alcaraz had his best player suspended, the English Wolverhampton forward Enso González, who received a three-match suspension for a direct red card.

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Norway seemed convinced of betting on a penalty shootout and Paraguayan coach Alcaraz asked for a penalty in the 94th minute, which was not awarded and the game went into overtime.

Coach Bjorn Johansen, at minute 100, asked for a penalty in favor that was not awarded by Herrera either and when the match seemed to go to penalties, striker Niklas Fuglestad, at minute 116, shot Olimpia goalkeeper Facundo Insfran. The Guarani coach tried to equalize without success with two penalty requests in the 121st and 125th minutes.