On Wednesday, June 28, at 9:45 p.m., the Dr. Constantin Radulescu Stadium in Cluj-Napoca will host the Group D match between Switzerland U21 and France U21, which will be broadcast by TVR 2. .

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.

Switzerland U21 have three points after two matches, 2-1 with Norway U21 and 2-3 with Italy U21, and qualify for the quarter-finals after a win against France U21 (6p) or a draw if Italy U21 (3p) lose the match against Norway U21 ( 0p).

Switzerland U21 qualified for EC after finishing 2nd in a group won by Holland U21 and also featuring Moldova U21, Wales U21, Bulgaria U21 and Gibraltar U21, in which they won seven, drew two and lost (not playoffs because it was the team with the most points in the 2nd place of the previous groups).

The team under the leadership of Patrik Rahman, who will meet the team of the first Swiss league “Wintertour” after the final tournament, played two friendly matches before Euro-2023: 2:3 away with Spain U21 and 2:1 at home with Israel U21.

Switzerland U21’s best result in a finals tournament was the 2011 final where they lost 0-2 to Spain U21.

France U21 have two wins, 2-1 against Italy U21 and 1-0 against Norway U21, and can still miss the quarter-finals only thanks to an incredible game of results (defeat against Switzerland U21 and Italy U21 win by a higher points difference with Norway U21; in case of an equal number of points, six, a three-way rating is made, where the goal difference will be decisive).

France U21 qualified for Euro 2023 after winning their previous group, which also included Ukraine U21, Serbia U21, Faroe Islands U21, North Macedonia U21 and Armenia U21, in which they recorded 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 national team of “Halytskyi pion” participated in the tournament named after Maurice Revello, where it passed the group stage (2-2 and 5-6 on penalty kicks with Saudi Arabia U23, 3-1 with 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 minor final 0-2 to Australia U23 (all other teams played U23 teams, with players two years older ).

France U21 has the European title won in 1988 (3-0 in the last action against Greece U21) and lost the final in 2022 (0-0 and 1-3 on penalties against Czech Republic U21).

The two teams last met each other in a Euro 2021 qualifier, with each winning on home soil, with Switzerland U21 3-1 in the round and France U21 in the return also 3-1.

Superbet offers odds of 1.80 on the PsFX prediction: a draw at half-time or the end of the match Switzerland U21 – France U21.

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