By Our Correspondent

Two Africa representatives, Senegal and Mali will face tough opponents as the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup enters quarter-finals, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report.

In the pairing made after the Round 16 was concluded Wednesday, Senegal will battle South Korea while Mali will slug it out with Italy.

To reach this stage, Senegal defeated fellow Africans, Nigeria 2-1 in the Round 16 while Mali overcame favourite Argentina 5-4 on penalties to scale through.

Full quarter-final fixtures

Colombia v Ukraine
Italy v Mali

United States v Ecuador
South Korea v Senegal

The quarter-finals will be played on Friday and Saturday this week. Columbia v Ukraine will be played by 2:30pm Nigeria time on Friday and will be followed by Italy v Mali by 5:30pm.

On Saturday, USA and Ecuador will trade tackles by 4:30pm while South Korea will face Senegal by 7:30pm later in the day.