Israel U21 – England U21, the European Championship semi-final match, scheduled for Wednesday, July 5, from 19:00 at Adjarabet Arena in Batumi, will be broadcast by TVR 1. Israel U21, the surprise of the competition, and England U21, the main favorite to win the trophy, will meet in the first semi-final of Euro-2023.

Israel U21 finished 2nd in Group C with four points after 1-1 with Germany U21, 0-2 with England U21 and 1-0 with Czech Republic U21 (the only win in 90 minutes in the last eight official and friendly matches ! ), after which he reached the quarter-finals of Georgia U21, 0-0 after 90 and 120 minutes respectively, 4-3 on penalties.

Coached by Guy Luzon, the team qualified for the final tournament after finishing 2nd in the previous group, which was won by Germany U21 and which also included Poland U21, Hungary U21, Latvia U21 and San Marino U21 (six wins, one draw, three losses), then won the play-off with Ireland U21, 1-1 away and 0-0, 3-1 on penalties, at home.

The most important players are Eden Kartsev of Istanbul Basaksehir (he has five caps for the senior national team) and Oskar Glowh of RB Salzburg (five games and two goals for the senior team).

England U21 are the only team to have won and not conceded a goal in this final tournament in which they won Group C after 2-0 Czech U21, 2-0 Israel U21 and 2-0 Germany U21, before progressing to quarter-finals Portugal U21 with a score of 1-0.

The team coached by Lee Carsley (former Ireland international who played in the Premier League for Derby County, Blackburn Rovers, Coventry City, Everton and Birmingham City) qualified for Euro 2023 after winning the previous group, which also included the Czech Republic U21 and Slovenia U21. , Kosovo U21, Albania U21 and Andorra U21, in which he recorded eight wins, one draw and one loss.

The English team includes football players with many seasons and dozens of matches in the Premier League, such as Luke Thomas (Leicester), Ben Johnson (West Ham United), Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott (both Liverpool), Morgan Gibbs -White (Nottingham). Forest), Emil Smith Rowe (Arsenal) and Noni Madueke (Chelsea).

England U21 won two European Youth Championship trophies (1982 and 1984) and reached the final once more (2009).

The last time these two teams met was in the Euro 2023 group stage, when England U21 beat Israel U21 2-0 (Gordon 15, Smith Rowe 68).

Superbet offers odds of 1.40 for Prediction 2: England U21 to win in normal time 90 minutes in the match against Israel U21.