<p>France crashed out of the Under-20 World Cup despite a 3-1 group stage win against Honduras. The French lost their first two matches in Group F, from which Gambia and South Korea advanced to the knockout stage.</p>.<p>France, playing most of the match in La Plata down to 10 men on Sunday, needed only one more goal to take Tunisia's spot in the round-of-16 as one of the four best third-placed teams, but fell short.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/mbappe-named-best-french-player-for-fourth-time-in-row-1222878.html" target="_blank">Mbappe named best French player for fourth time in row</a></strong></p>.<p>Ousmane Camara was sent off in the 13th minute and Odin Ramos opened the scoring for Honduras two minutes later with a free kick that resulted from the Frenchman's crude tackle. Starlet Alan Virginius still gave the French a turnaround with goals in the 41st and 60th minutes. Feliz Nzouango found the back of the net in the 77th minute, but France failed to add a fourth against an exhausted Honduran team.</p>.<p>Gambia and South Korea drew 0-0 in the other match of the group. The African team will face Uruguay in the next stage, while the Asian side will take on Ecuador.</p>.<p>Earlier, England secured top spot in Group E with a 0-0 draw against Iraq.</p>.<p>Uruguay finished second thanks to a 1-0 win over Tunisia with an injury-time goal from the spot. Thanks to France's failure, Tunisia will advance and face Brazil in the next round.</p>.<p>England faces Italy in the round of 16 on Wednesday.</p>.<p>England wasted a chance to score from the spot in the first half when Iraq goalkeeper Hussein Hasan saved a penalty taken by Harvey Vale.</p>.<p>“It will be tough, but we know them well,” Vale said about Italy after the match.</p>.<p>Franco Gonzalez scored late for Uruguay. </p>
<p>France crashed out of the Under-20 World Cup despite a 3-1 group stage win against Honduras. The French lost their first two matches in Group F, from which Gambia and South Korea advanced to the knockout stage.</p>.<p>France, playing most of the match in La Plata down to 10 men on Sunday, needed only one more goal to take Tunisia's spot in the round-of-16 as one of the four best third-placed teams, but fell short.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/mbappe-named-best-french-player-for-fourth-time-in-row-1222878.html" target="_blank">Mbappe named best French player for fourth time in row</a></strong></p>.<p>Ousmane Camara was sent off in the 13th minute and Odin Ramos opened the scoring for Honduras two minutes later with a free kick that resulted from the Frenchman's crude tackle. Starlet Alan Virginius still gave the French a turnaround with goals in the 41st and 60th minutes. Feliz Nzouango found the back of the net in the 77th minute, but France failed to add a fourth against an exhausted Honduran team.</p>.<p>Gambia and South Korea drew 0-0 in the other match of the group. The African team will face Uruguay in the next stage, while the Asian side will take on Ecuador.</p>.<p>Earlier, England secured top spot in Group E with a 0-0 draw against Iraq.</p>.<p>Uruguay finished second thanks to a 1-0 win over Tunisia with an injury-time goal from the spot. Thanks to France's failure, Tunisia will advance and face Brazil in the next round.</p>.<p>England faces Italy in the round of 16 on Wednesday.</p>.<p>England wasted a chance to score from the spot in the first half when Iraq goalkeeper Hussein Hasan saved a penalty taken by Harvey Vale.</p>.<p>“It will be tough, but we know them well,” Vale said about Italy after the match.</p>.<p>Franco Gonzalez scored late for Uruguay. </p>