Diallo Hat Trick Powers France U17 Past Armenia U17

PARIS (Interstat) — Elies Diallo scored three goals and France U17 defeated Armenia U17 4-0 on Wednesday, moving to 1-0 in the competition and 1-1 overall while Armenia U17 fell to 0-1 in the competition and overall. Diallo struck in the 5th, 16th and 28th minutes before Yanis Kharbouch added a 63rd-minute goal. Diallo, the top star for France U17, finished with three goals in 83 minutes. Kharbouch played 90 minutes and contributed a goal and an assist. Enzo Makumba logged 90 minutes with an assist, and Souleyman Zeghadi added an assist in 64 minutes. France U17 rebounded from a previous competition loss to the Netherlands U17. France U17 made substitutions involving Zeghadi, A. Gouandjia, S. Bedja, Diallo and E. Leprieur; Armenia U17 used B. Beglaryan, S. Petrosyan, E. Vuvunikyan, S. Beglaryan and R. Hovakimyan. Armenia U17’s G. Harutyunyan and A. Babayan received yellow cards, and an Armenia U17 player was booked in the 61st minute; France U17 also received a yellow card in the 87th minute.