Diego Valanta, Panama’s history-making super sub


News from Panama / Wednesday, June 5th, 2019

Soccer is in full swing again this year!

  • Diego Valanta scored the goal that claimed Panama’s first-ever U-20 World Cup win
  • It also secured Los Canaleros a meeting with Ukraine in the Round of 16
  • The hero enthused to FIFA.com about bliss in Bydgoszcz

Diego Valanta could quite possibly be the most valuable player to a team at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019, and he’s played a little over 22 minutes in total so far.

During that short time, he scored an equaliser to earn Panama a vital point against Mali, and a match-winning goal against Saudi Arabia to claim their maiden victory in the competition, sending them through to the knockout stage for the first time.

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