Spain will face tonight (21.00, La1) his eleventh semi-final in a European Under-21. It is done against Ukraine, the surprise of the competition. There are already checked bags for Paris 2024 Olympic GamesSanti Denía’s men want to close the circle by winning a sixth European Under-21 Champions title, something that hasn’t happened since 2019. Spain is one of the favorites and, with the defeat of France and the non-classification of Germany, current champions, remains this number main candidate to win the title. But in front of him he will have a hard rock to split. Ukraine was presented as the main surprise and the giant killer of the competition. In the other semifinal the faces will be seen England and Israel. The winner of this match, which will also be played today at 6:30 pm, will be Spain’s rival if they qualify for the final.
Spain has qualified for the final 8 out of 10 times who played the semifinal. He only lost in France 1994 and in Hungary and Slovenia 2021, which was the last edition played. Now, Santi Denia’s, I like it remove the bad taste from your mouth which left the final defeat in the European championship. At that time, Louis of Source He led the U-21 team. He also did it when Spain won its last trophy, in 2019. At that time, it had players like Dani Ceballos, Mikel Merino, Unai SimónOyarzabal, Olmo… The generational change has arrived and the new coach has great players like Baena, Sancet or Abel Ruiz.
Ukraine will not make things easy for the Spanish team. Ruslan Rotan They managed to form a compact and united block that wanted to dominate from possession and didn’t mind taking chances with the ball. is revelation of the championship. First, because they managed to get through the groups unbeaten with the same points as Spain. Exactly, in the third game of said period, both teams met and Spain achieved a draw (2-2) in excess thanks to a goal from Abel Ruiz in the 90’s. After that meeting, Ukraine faced France in the quarterfinals and thanks to a great performance by Mykhailo Mudryk and with his team’s goal scoring prowess, they finished at the bell and won 3-1.
Both teams have scored in the championship: 8 goals in the four games they have played so far, signing an average of 2 goals per game. Also they received the same goals (3), but Spain added more control of possession than its rival in the semifinals. 7 out of 8 goals scored by Ukraine were inside the area. One is at one’s own door. For its part, Spain scored 5 from inside, 2 from inside and another in its own goal. ‘La Rojita’ has yet to debut scoring with a header. His rival has already scored 2. Offensively, Spain is generating more than Ukraine. The first shot a total of 73 times throughout the championship. The group led by Rotan, only 44. In other words, a very equal rivalry in which Santi Denia’s men had to fight.
Possible lineups:
Spain: Arnau Tenás; Victor Gomez, Aitor Paredes, Jon Pacheco, Miranda; A. Blanco, Baena; Rodri, Sancet, Sergio Gomez; Abel Ruiz.
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TheUkraine: Trubin; Sych, Talovirov, Batagov, Vivcharenko; Brazhko, Bondarenko; Mudryk, Sudakov, Kryskiv; me
The
TheReferee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium).
stadium: Steaua Stadium in Bucharest
Time/TV: 21.00 (1)
Source: La Verdad
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