Colombia Falls to Germanyโข inโ U-17 World Cupโค opener
Colombia’s Under-17 team suffered a swift defeat in theirโข FIFA World Cupโค debut, fallingโ 1-0 to defending champions โGermany on november 4, 2025. Langsteiner scored for Germany within the first 17โฃ seconds โขof โtheโข match, capitalizing on โa passive Colombianโ defense and a perceived error by the goalkeeper.
This marks the third meeting between Colombia โandโข Germany in the U-17 World Cup. Previous encounters resulted in a 3-3 drawโฃ in 2007 and a 4-0 โGerman victory in theโฃ round of 16 in 2017. The loss is a challenging start for Colombia,who recently โฃfinished second in the 2025 South american U-17 Championship,losingโ to Brazil in a penalty shootout. โขSantiago Londoรฑo was the tournament’s โฃsecond-leading scorer with 5 goals.
Lineups:
Colombia: Jorman Mendoza,โ Criss โMacรญas, Edmilson Herazo, Jesรบs Peรฑaloza, Miguelโ Solarte, Cristian Orozco, โขJosรฉ Escorcia, Juan Josรฉ Cataรฑo, Matรญas Lozano, Cristian Flรณrez, andโฃ Santiago Londoรฑo.
the match saw a good recovery attempt byโ Colombia in the 13th minute, quickly followedโข by a lost possession. Earlier,in theโค 11thโ minute,Macรญas had a high shot following a play initiated by Escorcia. Colombia alsoโ generated opportunitiesโค in the 6th minute thru Londono, including a free โkick โฃthat coach Freddy Hurtado โfelt couldโข haveโ been betterโ executed, though noโ shots on โคgoal resulted.
“Weโฃ areโ going to face a Germanyโ that has history in this category, that competesโ well, but we have beenโ dreaming โof the objectivesโข we have set for ourselves,” stated coachโ Hurtado prior to the โคmatch.
