One of the big favorites in every youth tournament that fell to the host. The grand inauguration of the European in the previous one gave strength to Georgia, whichthey endured Portugal’s constant attacks with great maturity and, furthermore, they did not forgive the few times they approached the rival area.
The left back Nuno Tavares was practically being a winger. He was the most dangerous player of the game, insisting a lot on that band, but without getting too clear occasions.
And in two isolated plays, two goals. Georgia found the first with a long ball in which Gagua (Real Unión soccer player) won the position from Tomas Araujo to control, protect the ball and shoot very hard into the net. And on the verge of rest, Sazonov took advantage of a monumental mistake by the Portuguese defense to make it 2-0. The defender was able to finish off with his feet on the ground inside the small area.
The Portuguese changed in the second part, being much more aggressive. Also in terms of names, because Henrique Araujo entered, who had a good header as soon as he left, and Conceiçao, who invented a powerful shot that only the goalkeeper prevented from scoring. André Almeida also tried it from outside the area.
In the 75th minute, as Conceiçao continued to crash into the Georgian defence, Tomas Araujo completed his disastrous game seeing the second yellow. A game to forget and that will force them to react to, a priori, the two most powerful rivals in the group: Belgium and the Netherlands.
Belgium 0 – Netherlands 0: the match of a thousand chances
Desperation is the word that best defines the first part of the Netherlands against Belgium. They tried every way possible, no luck. Van de Looi has a team to aspire to everything with a very varied attack. They looked for Summerville into space (the offsides and the lack of success were his nightmare), Brobbey is a good resource to send him to war alone with his imposing physique and from the center of the field they have very good arrivals . This is how the first great opportunity of the match appeared, with a shot by Kenneth Taylor, in a position somewhat more advanced than he is used to at Ajax, hitting the post.
The Oranje he was better, both physically and technically. There was one that was even clearer, with a double chance play, but the clearest was that of Openda. De Ketelaere masterfully found the Lens forward who, being one of the fastest forwards in Europe, stood up against Verbruggen completely alone. However, the Anderlecht goalkeeper held on without going to the ground in the one-on-one and took a very difficult high shot.
With the passing of the minutes, Belgium was gaining prominence. De Ketelaere hit him badly in one and Openda, who did not stop throughout the game, tried from the right wing. The Dutch were still looking for Brobbey long. ANDThe Ajax forward overtook two defenders, made the gap with his body and wanted to chip it, but Vandevoordt covered it well. And, from goalkeeper to goalkeeper, Verbruggen reappeared. Belgium combined with precision and Openda left Belikwisha a ball ahead. However, there was again the Dutch goalkeeper to deny the goal.
It was the game of a thousand occasions. Hartman failed to finish off a ball that Brobbey gave him in the area in time and, shortly after, Mijnans ended up desperate when Vandevoordt volleyed him with his left foot inside the area. What could have been the last great occasion was the umpteenth play by Openda in which he crossed and claimed a penalty, but the referee thought that the defender had his hands hidden. Only the two goalkeepers were right.
Ukraine 2 – Croatia 0: and Mudryk will arrive
The Ukrainian players took to the field with a flag above each one. A gesture that showed that the situation they live in their country gives them extra motivation to play football. And they came out like bulls into the game, mercilessly dominating the weak Croatian pressure.
Kashchuk was the first to take advantage of this situation. The Sabah Baku striker dribbled past one outside the area and two more inside it to end up hitting the short post and fooling the goalkeeper.
Since then, Croatia has improved a lot. She was no longer the dominated. She had some timid occasion, but Sikan put the game more in his favor even finishing inside the area to make it 2-0. Stojkovic hit the post and Hodza had a shot from outside the box that went wide, but they failed to close the gap. Ukraine did not have too many problems to maintain the result… and in the next games he will have Mudryk.
Georgia U21
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23
luka kutaladze
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fifteen
Saba Sazonov
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5
Saba Khvadagiani
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3
Iva Gelashvili
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4
Alexander Kalandadze
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9
Giorgi Guliashvili
(57′)
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19
Heorhii Tsitaishvili
(57′) -
twenty
Nika Gagnidze
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8
Anzor Mekvabishvili
(66′)
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10
Giorgi Moistsrapishvili
(66′)
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eleven
Giorgi Gagua
- Dock
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18
Otar Mamageishvili
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16
Irakli Azarovi
(57′)
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13
Giorgi Gocholeishvili
(57′)
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22
Jemali Giorgi Jinjolava
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twenty-one
Nodar Lominadze
(66′)
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1
Mamardashvili
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7
Zuriko Davitashvili
(66′)
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6
luka gagnidze
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2
Tsotne Kapanadze
Portugal Under-21
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1
Celton Biai
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14
Tomas Araujo
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16
Alexandre Penetrates
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5
Nuno Tavares
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13
Ze Carlos
(70′)
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17
joao neves
(70′)
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6
Tiago Dantas
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10
Afonso Sousa
(Four. Five’)
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18
André Almeida
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19
vitinha
(Four. Five’)
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7
Peter Net
- Dock
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2
Bernardo Vital
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4
samuel coast
(70′) -
23
Diego Moreira
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9
Henrique Araujo
(Four. Five’)
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22
Francisco Meixedo
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3
andre amaro
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12
samuel soares
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twenty
Fabio Silva
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eleven
Francisco Conceicao
(Four. Five’) -
twenty-one
Vasco Sousa
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fifteen
Leonardo Lelo
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8
Paulo Bernardo
(70′)
Changes
Francisco Conceicao (45′, Afonso Sousa), Henrique Araujo (45′, Vitinha), Irakly Azarov (57′, Giorgi Tsitaishvili), Giorgi Gocholeishvili (57′, Giorgi Guliashvili), Nodar Lominadze (66′, Anzor Mekvabishvili), Zuriko Davitashvili (66′, Giorgi Moistsrapishvili), Samu Costa (70′, Joao Neves), Paulo Bernardo (70′, Ze Carlos)
goals
1-0, 36′: Giorgi Gagua2-0, 45′: Saba Sazonov
cards
Referee: Espen Eskas
Giorgi Gagua (60′,Yellow) Tomas Araujo (75′,Red) Saba Khvadagiani (94′,Yellow)