On Thursday, June 22, at 9:45 p.m., France U21 – Italy U21 will play a Group D match of the European Youth Championship final tournament in Cluj-Napoca. TVR 1.

The European Under-21 Championship takes place in Georgia (Group A and Group C) and Romania (Group B and Group D), with the 1st and 2nd placed teams in each group advancing to the quarter-finals. competition.

France U21 and Italy U21 are among the favorites to win Euro 2023. Both teams will enter the final tournament with extremely strong squads, including players making their senior national team debuts.

France U21 qualified for the European Championship after winning their previous group, which also included Ukraine U21, Serbia U21, Faroe Islands U21, North Macedonia U21 and Armenia U21, in which they suffered eight defeats and drew twice.

The team, coached by Sylvain Ripoll, a former footballer who played most of his career with Lorient, played two friendlies in March, 0-4 with England U21 away and 0-0 with Spain U21 at home.

In June, the youth team of “Halytskyi Pivnia” participated in the Maurice Revello Tournament, where it passed the group stage (2-2 and 5-6 on penalties against Saudi Arabia U23, 3-1 against Costa Rica U23, 1-1 and 3-2 on penalties to Venezuela U23, then lost in the semi-finals, 2-2 and 3-4 on penalties to Mexico U23, and in the secondary final, 0-2 to Australia U23 (all other teams came from the U23 Team, with players two years older ).

France U21 have on their list the championship title won in 1988 (3-0 in the last action against Greece U21) and lost the final in 2002 (0-0 and 1-3 on penalties against Czech Republic U21).

Italy U21 qualified for the finals of Euro 2023 after winning their previous group with Ireland U21, Sweden U21, Bosnia and Herzegovina U21, Montenegro U21 and Luxembourg U21, in which they recorded seven wins and three draws.

Before the competitions in Romania and Georgia, the team of Paolo Nicolato, who has coached all junior and youth national teams since 2016, played two friendly games: 0:2 away against Serbia U21 and 3:1 at home against Ukraine U21.

Italy U21 has five European Championship titles (1986, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2019) and has lost in the final three more times (1984, 1996, 2017).

The last head-to-head match between the two teams was played in 2018, a friendly in which France U21 and Italy U21 drew 1-1.

Probable teams:

France U21: Meslier – Boye, Kalulu, Lukeba, Larousi – Kakere, C. Thuram, Le Fe – Guiry, Adli, Cherki.

Italy U21: Carnesecchi – Scalvini, Lovato, Pirola – Bellanova, Rovella, Tonali, Miretti, Udogie – Gnonto, Colombo.

Superbet offers odds of 1.75 on the PsFX prediction: a draw at half-time or at the end of the match France U21 – Italy U21.

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