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ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Portugal and Nigeria won their final Group B matches to reach the last 16 of the Under-20 World Cup on Thursday, while third-place South Korea still has a chance of advancing. Spain and France had already advanced from Group A, and Spain won the group with a 2-1 win over the French. Captain Paco Alcacer and Jese scored before substitute Thibaut Vion found the net for France in injury time. The United States, which hasnt reached the knockout stages since 2007, finished last in the group after a 4-1 defeat by Ghana. Portugal striker Bruma scored his fourth and fifth goals of the event to help the two-time champions beat Cuba 5-0 and top the group, while Nigeria defeated South Korea 1-0 after an early goal by Olarenwaju Kayode and overtook the Asians for second place. Ricardo, Aladje and To Ze also found the net for Portugal, while Bruma almost added a sixth but hit the crossbar. It was Portugals biggest ever win in the competition, improving on 3-0 defeats of Argentina in 1991 and the Netherlands four years later. Portugal won the title in 1989 and 91 and finished runner-up to Brazil two years ago. Cuba, which lost all three games and became the first team to be eliminated, was making its debut appearance. Nigeria secured its victory after Kayode was left unmarked by the South Korean defence and headed home a free kick by captain Abdul Ajagun in the ninth minute. South Korea still has a chance to advance as one of the best four third-place teams. Ghana had more possession in the opening half hour but the U.S. was still able to create three scoring chances. However, a header and later a shot by Mario Rodriguez both lacked power, and a powerful 20-meter (yard) effort by Jose Villarreal brought a diving save from goalkeeper Eric Antwi. U.S. keeper Cody Cropper reacted quickly while lying on the ground to save a shot from six meters by Lawrence Lartey In the 35th minute. But Cropper had no chance shortly afterward, when several American defenders failed to clear the ball from the area and Frank Acheampong fired home a low shot. Another piece of weak defending allowed the unmarked Ebenezer Assifuah to curl the ball past Cropper in the 58th the minute. Shane ONeill pulled a goal back for the Americans from Oscar Sortos cross in the 69th, the U.S. wasnt able to stage a comeback. Assifuah scored his second of the game nine minutes later and Kennedy Ashia added Ghanas in the 83rd. It was the first defeat for the U.S. team against an African opponent since losing 2-0 to Egypt in 2001. The U.S. qualified for Turkey after finishing runner-up to Mexico in the CONCACAF Under-20 championship earlier this year. 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Nico Rosberg topped a wet/dry second practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix, beating teammate Lewis Hamilton by just 0.019s.The two Mercedes drivers set their times either side of a rainstorm midway through the session, with Rosberg clocking his on super-soft tyres on a bone-dry circuit, while Hamilton used ultra-softs on a track that was still damp off the racing line after the rain. Hamiltons lap was also set on his second flying lap on a fresh set of tyres after he aborted his first attempt after coming across a slow-moving Esteban Gutierrez at Turn 5.Rosberg attempted a quick lap on ultra-softs at the end of the session but after setting fastest first and second sectors dived into the pit, opting not to set a lap time. His best effort was still 0.6s shy of his best effort in the fully-dry morning session, suggesting none of the times offer a true representation of each drivers ultimate pace.Nico Hulkenberg set the third fastest time with a late attempt on the ultra-soft tyres, finishing the session 0.613s off Rosberg. Sebastian Vettel was marginally slower and fourth fastest, but spun off on a late attempt on ultra-soft tyres. The rear of the Ferrari snapped out under braking, pitching car into a 360 degree spin before it beached itself in the gravel.I dont know what happened there, Vettel said over the team raido. I lost completely the car when I hit the brakes.Daniel Ricciardo set the fifth fastest time ahead of Carlos Sainz, Max Verstappen, Kimi Raikkonen, who took a trip throuugh the gravel at Turn 5 early in the session, Valtteri Bottas and Jenson Button in tenth.dddddddddddd Sainz was the only driver in the top ten not to set a time on the ultra-soft tyres, using super-softs to secure sixth place, 0.746s off Rosbergs best lap.The heavy rain approached the circuit from the east, drenching Turns 8 and 9 first while the first sector remained bone dry. A number of drivers were caught out by the sudden downpour, with several spinning off at Turn 8 before recovering to the pit lane. At its peak, the rainstorm blew over parasols in the seating area of exclusive F1s Paddock Club, while mini waves of water blew down the pit straight.The weather brought a halt to proceedings for a good 20 minutes before the Red Bull drivers headed out on track on the intermediate tyres. But the rain that fell on the first sector had mostly dried up and only the final sector was wet enough for the tyre choice. A combination of sunshine and track running meant the circuit was dry enough for slicks in the final 20 minutes as steam continued to rise from the track off the racing line.Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa finished just outside the top ten despite attempts on ultra-soft tyres at the end of the session. Like Toro Rosso teammate Sainz, Daniil Kvyat did not set a time on the ultra-softs but finished 13th overall ahead of Sergio Perezs Force India in 14th. ' ' '