On Wednesday, June 21, at 21:45 at the Steaua Stadium in Bucharest, the match of Group B of the final tournament of the European Youth Championship between Romania and Spain will take place, which will be broadcast live by TVR 1.

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The European Youth Championship (under 21) is held in Georgia (group A and group C) and Romania (group B and group D), matches in our country are scheduled in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca.

Romania U21 is participating in its third consecutive finals tournament after Italy and San Marino (2019), where it reached the semi-finals (2-4 with Germany, coach Mirel Redoi), as well as in Hungary and Slovenia (eliminated in the group stage without defeat, coach Adrian Mutu).

Romania U21 will play Spain, Ukraine and Croatia in Group B, with the 1st and 2nd placed teams in each group advancing to the quarter-finals of the competition.

Having officially qualified, the team coached by Emil Sandoi has only played two training games this year, 0-2 with Portugal and 0-0 with Germany, both at home (before the final tournament, the “tricolors” played another school match in San Marino, score 5-0).

Spain U21 qualified for the final tournament after winning eight of their eight matches in a group that also included Slovakia U21, Northern Ireland U21, Lithuania U21 and Malta U21 (37-5 goal difference).

Before the start of the competition, the team coached by Santi Denia (former player of Atletico Madrid, who played twice in the Spanish national team), played two friendly games: 3-2 at home with Switzerland U21 and 0-0 away with France U21.

The best players of the Iberian team are Gabri Veiga (Celta Vigo, 30 million euros), Oihan Sunset (Athletic Bilbao, 30 million euros), Alex Baena (Villarreal, 20 million) and Sergio Gomez (Manchester City, 15 million euros). .

Spain U21, who have won five European Championship titles (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013 and 2019), reached the semi-finals of the 2021 draw, where they were eliminated by Portugal (0-1).

The two teams last met in a friendly on 23 September 2022 in Cluj-Napoca, with Spain beating Romania 4-1 (Abel Ruiz 8, 16, Rodrigo Riquelme 80, 90 / David Mikulescu 41).

Superbet offers odds of 2.20 on the PsFX prediction: a draw at halftime or at the end of the match Romania U21 – Spain U21.

Romania U21 – Spain U21 PSFX
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