Spain and France will play this Tuesday (8:00 pm/Teledeporte and RTVE Play) one of the semifinals of European Under-17 men’s soccer at Pancho Arena from Felcsút (Hungary). Both have reached the ‘semis’ in 2019 and have reached the final twice in the last six tournaments, with one title for Spain (2017) and two for France (2015 and 2022). La Rojita, however, is the great dominator of the tournament with nine trophies (1986, 1988, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2017), three more than Portugalthe second in the ranking.
For his part, Germanystemming from Switzerland’s lifting of sanctions, and Poland, who also suffered to beat Serbia, will also face off this Tuesday (4:30 pm/TDP and RTVE Play), in the same setting, in the other ‘semi’. The grand final of this tournament will take place this Friday, June 2 (8:00 pm), at Nandor Hidegkuti Stadium (Budapest).
The Red of Julen Guerrero won with authority (3-0) in the quarterfinals republic of ireland in Budapest, where the Catalan marc gui scored his fourth goal of the tournament, as the defending champions france, defeated England 1-0, thanks to a penalty converted by Mathis Lambourde in the 89th minute.
The Spanish team has beaten the French in their last four matches, all friendlies. On August 18, 2021, Julen Guerrero’s men came back from behind (1-2) with a brace from Iker Bravo. Three days later the confrontation was repeated Complexe Sportif Max Bossisresolved with a win in favor of Spain (0-6), incl david nick as a mustache player, this time Iker Bravo signing a ‘hat trick’ and scoring too from mathew.
In 2022, there were two more friendlies between Spain and France. On April 19, 2022, at Soccer City of Las RozasLa Rojita prevailed 4-1, with goals from Miguel Carvalho, Dani Rodríguez, Carles Sogorb and David Mella. After almost 48 hours, the two teams again measured their strength, with a tight victory for Spain (2-1), thanks to a brace from Alvaro Ginés.
The last defeat of the Spanish team against France it is on Under-17 World Cupon November 11, 2019 the Gauls defeated the team he led by a conclusive 1-6 David is fatand Rojita led the scoreboard with an early goal from German Valera.
Barcelona Yamal and Guiu, two main pieces
Spain, who were eliminated last year in the quarterfinals, reached the semifinals this time in impressive style, where the Barça strikers Lamine Yamal and Marc Guiuthe top scorer of the tournament with four goals, are pieces of the team’s great hope Julen Guerrero.
In his last five official matches, the Spanish team defeated the Republic of Ireland (3-0), Slovenia (3-1), Italy (1-2) and Germany (3-4), and lost only one draw against Serbia (1-1) . For their part, the Frenchmen defeated England (0-1), Scotland (1-3) and Switzerland (1-2), drew against Portugal (1-1) and lost against Germany (1-3).
Source: La Verdad
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