On Tuesday, June 27, at 19:00 at the Mykhailo Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi, the match of Group A of the European Championship Portugal – Belgium U21 will take place, 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.

Portugal U21 surprisingly lost their match against Georgia U21 0-2, then drew with Netherlands U21 1-1, but even in these conditions they can reach the quarter-finals with a win against Belgium U21.

The team, coached by former international Rui Jorge (five-time champion as a player with FC Porto and twice with Sporting Lisbon), however, is also dependent on the results of the game given that they have just one point, Belgium U21 and Netherlands U21 have two points. each and Georgia U21 has four points.

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.

Belgium U21 have two draws, 0-0 with Netherlands U21 and 2-2 with Georgia U21, and can reach the quarter-finals even with a draw, provided that Netherlands U21 do not win against Georgia U21 (a win is sure of qualification, with defeat is eliminated).

Belgium U21 qualified for the final tournament of the European Championship after winning the preliminary group, which also included Denmark U21, Turkey U21, Scotland U21 and Kazakhstan U21, in which they achieved six wins and two draws (14-2 goal difference).

The team, coached by Jacky Mathijssen (a former player who played for Charleroi and Lommel), also played two friendlies before the competition, 0-0 at home to Czech Republic U21 and 2-0 away to Israel U21.

Belgium U21 last competed in the finals tournament in 2019 (Italy and San Marino) where they lost all three of their group matches, their best result coming in 2007 when they reached the semi-finals of the competition.

Portugal U21 and Belgium U21 have never met before.

Superbet offers odds of 1.72 on the PsFX prediction: a draw at half-time or at the end of the match Portugal U21 – Belgium U21.

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