TheArgentine National Team made history: it achieved its first victory in an Under 17 Women's World Cup by beating New Zealand 2-0 with two goals from Mercedes Diz on matchday 2 of the group stage of Morocco 2026. Thus, the Albiceleste continues to have a chance of qualifying for the next round.
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The National Team dominated the match from the beginning and generated the main dangerous situations. Despite this, the first goal came only 41 minutes into the first half, when Diz connected with a header to open the scoring and give the Albiceleste team the lead before the break.
Before that, at the beginning of the match and two minutes before the 1-0 lead, River's forward had two goals disallowed.
In the second half, Argentina maintained control of the match and found the second goal through a good collective play that ended with a volley definition from Meme, which adds three sacred screams in two games.
With this result, the National Team added its first victory in the competition and will confidently reach the last date of the group stage, in which it will face Morocco, the host country, onFriday at 3:00 p.m. (Argentina time).
The Albiceleste has three units as well as Germany and Morocco, who will face each other starting at 3:00 p.m. for date 2.