Tunisia open U20 World Cup campaign with loss to England

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: England beat Tunisia 1-0 and France collapsed against an organized South Korea 2-1 at the Under-20 World Cup on Monday. Dane Scarlett’s first-half header proved to be enough for England in La Plata.

Tunisia had few opportunities to equalize during their Group E match. “We controlled the game from start to finish.

It is true we could have been a bit more ruthless, though,” England coach Ian Foster said. “The boys were a little nervous, it is normal for the first game.

There was a lot of anticipation ahead of this tournament.” France’s nerves were also evident against South Korea in Mendoza. South Korea opened the scoring in the 22nd minute through Lee Seung-won and doubled its lead in the second half from a Lee Young-jun header.

France finally scored from the spot thanks to Alan Virginius. Later Monday, Uruguay faced Iraq, and Honduras met Gambia.