On Saturday, June 24, at 19:00 at Steaua Stadium in Bucharest, the Group B match of the final tournament of the European Championship “Romania U21” – “Ukraine U21” is scheduled to be played live on 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.
Romania U21 lost their first match 0-3 against Spain U21 and must win to hope to qualify for the group stage as Ukraine U21 won 2-0 against Croatia U21.
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).
Officially qualified, the Emile Sandoi-coached side have only played two friendly games this year, 0-2 with Portugal and 0-0 with Germany, both at home (the tricolors have gone four games in a row without scoring).
“Spain is a super team, there was a lot of pressure on the shoulders of our players. It’s a cold shower, but we need to recover before the match against Ukraine. We confidently enter the next match and hope to win the match against Ukraine,” said Emil Sandoy.
Ukraine U21 already has three points after the first match, just like Spain U21, and took a serious option to reach the quarterfinals of the final tournament.
Ukraine U21 qualified for Euro 2023 after finishing 2nd in a group won by France U21, along with Serbia U21, Faroe Islands U21, North Macedonia U21 and Armenia U21, in which they won seven, two a draw and a loss, then advanced to the play-offs against Slovakia U21, 2-3 (d) and 3-0 (a).
The team, coached by former Ukrainian player Ruslan Rotan (champion with Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro and Dynamo Kyiv), played four friendly matches before the final tournament: 3:2 with Denmark U21 and 2:2 with Ireland U21, both at home, 1 – 3 with Italy U21 and 2-0 with Kuwait U21, both away.
The last time these two teams met was in the preliminary match for Euro 2021, when each won at home: Romania U21 with a score of 3:0 and Ukraine U21 – 1:0.
Superbet offers odds of 1.80 on the GG prediction: both teams will score in the match Romania U21 – Ukraine U21.
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Source: Hot News
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