France U17s miss out on final

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Paris Saint-Germain players Tanguy Kouassi, Timothée Pembele, Adil Aouchiche and Arnaud Kalimuendo lost 3-2 to Brazil in the U17 World Cup semi-finals.

In spite of a goal from Kalimuendo, some Aouchiche assists as his team's captain, and the efforts of Pembele, France missed out on the final. They'll play the Netherlands in the third-place play-off on Sunday at 19:00CET in Brasilia.

FRANCE - BRAZIL: 2-3 (2-0)
U17 World Cup - Semi-final
Estadio Bezerrão (Brasilia, Brazil)
Goals: Kalimuendo (7'), Mbuku (13'); Kaio Jorge (62'), Veron (76'), Lazaro (89')
FRANCE: Zinga - Soppy, Matsima, Kouassi, Pembele - Millot (Hassan, 76'), Aouchiche (c), Ahamada - Lihadji, Mbuku - Kalimuendo (Lepenant, 68'). Coach: Jean-Claude Giuntini.
BRAZIL: Matheus Donelli - Yan Couto (Sandry, 83'), Henri (c), Luan Patrick, Patryck - Peglow, Daniel Cabral, Diego Rosa (Lazaro, 71') - Pedro Lucas (Garcia, 56'), Veron - Kaio Jorge. Coach: Guilherme Dalla Déa.