Portugal U21 vs Netherlands U21 live on TVR 2 on Saturday, June 24, from 19:00 at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi.
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.
Portugal U21 and Netherlands U21, the two teams in contention for the trophy, will meet in the derby of the day after both teams missed the start of the current edition of the Euro 2023 finals tournament.
Portugal U21 unexpectedly lost their match against Georgia U21 and another defeat for the team coached by former international Rui Jorge (five-time champion with Porto and twice with Sporting) would be equivalent to elimination from the group stage.
The Lusitanians reached the finals of Euro 2023 by winning a group that also included Iceland U21, Greece U21, Belarus U21, Cyprus U21 and Liechtenstein U21, in which they won nine and drew (41-3 goal difference ).
Before the European Championship, Portugal U21 won two friendlies: 2-0 against Romania U21 away and 3-0 at home against Norway U21.
Portugal U21 have reached the final of the European Youth Championship three times (1994, 2015 and 2021), losing 0-1 to Germany last time.
The Netherlands U21s qualified for the Romania and Georgia competitions after winning a group that also included Switzerland U21, Moldova U21, Wales U21, Bulgaria U21 and Gibraltar U21, in which they won eight and drew twice.
The team, coached by Erwin van de Looy (a former footballer best known for his time at Vitesse Arnhem), played three friendlies ahead of Euro 2023, 3-0 at home to Norway U21, 1-1 also at home to Czech Republic U21 and 0-0 away to Japan U21.
The Netherlands U21 won the European Youth Championship twice: in 2006 (3-0 in the final against Ukraine U21) and 2007 (4-1 in the final against Serbia).
The last head-to-head matches between the two teams came in the Euro 2021 qualifier, when each beat the Netherlands 4-2 and Portugal 2-1 at home.
Superbet offers odds of 1.72 on the PsFX prediction: a draw at half-time or at the end of the match Portugal U21 – Netherlands U21.
| Portugal U21 – Netherlands U21 | PSFX | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 1.72 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
Source: Hot News
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