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Italy U21 vs Spain U21 Prediction & Betting tips
The U21 is the last age group before the final leap into the senior team. Real youth players will not be seen in Italy and San Marino in the next two weeks. Many teams have outstanding quality; Finally, the players at the U21 European Championship may already be up to 23 years old. All professionals who have their birthday after 1 January 1996 are eligible to play. Twelve teams compete for the title and there are already high-class games in the preliminary round. For example, host Italy welcomes Spain as a prelude!
Already in the opening match, the pressure on both teams is enormous, because only the group winners of the three preliminary round groups fixed the progress to the semi-finals. Fourth place is awarded to the best runner-up, so a positive start is important. A look at the squad lists of the two teams already shows some stars. According to the bookmakers, the host Italy against Spain is even slightly out in the open due to odds. The start of the game in Bologna is on Sunday evening at 20 clock.
Italy :
As the main organizer of the European Championships (one of the stadiums is in San Marino) Italy had the qualification fixed in his pocket. Thus, the time of the friendlies has finally come to an end. Soberly, however, these test games were not particularly valuable, as the squad, head coach Luigi di Biagio had in recent months available, has not much in common with the final squad for the European Championship 2019 home.
Already five times Italy became European champion in this age group, but the last title win is now already 15 years back, 2004 in Germany could Italy on the crown. In 2013, the final was reached, two years ago was in the semifinals final stop. This year, due to the home advantage counts again only the title win. But di Biagio can count on considerable reinforcement, because with players such as Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), Moise Kean (Juventus), Nicolo Zaniolo (AS Roma) or Nicolo Barella (Cagliari Calcio) Italy gets considerable reinforcement of players who already at the Senior national team have been deployed. Especially in the offensive, the Squadra Azzurra has outstanding qualities on the offensive. Some goals are to be trusted Chiesa & Co. accordingly. For an over 2.5 between Italy and Spain surprisingly high quotas are offered. The bookmakers apparently expect two waiting teams due to the fear of losing. However, players with this quality can also be dangerous from half chances and thus the high prices are not necessarily comprehensible.
Spain:
The young Spanish football team has often been cited as a “best practice” example in recent years. However, the U21 selection of Spaniards has “only” four title wins to cheer and thus a title less than, for example, upbeat Italy. However, the title wins of the Furia Roja are not so long back. Lastly, Spain took the crown in both 2011 and 2013, two years ago there was a bitter final defeat against the German offspring.
In contrast to Italy Spain had to qualify and mastered this with 27 out of 30 possible points extremely sovereign. Only in a game against Northern Ireland there was a surprising slip-up in the form of a defeat. Quite surprisingly, the high number of goals were called, because in the ten games there were also ten goals conceded for Spain. Compared to the achievements of the last years of the Spanish offspring these many goals are uncommon.
Head coach Luis de la Fuente also gets the “big ones” for the tournament in Italy and San Marino. For example, Mikel Oyarzabal, who cheered his first international match against Sweden last Monday, returns to the U21 squad. Together with players such as Fabian Ruiz, Carlos Soler or Dani Ceballos, the winger (13 goals in LaLiga) is considered one of the big stars. Similar to Italy, Spain also has the great strength on the offensive, defensively, the Iberians are vulnerable. Also this fact speaks between Italy and Spain certainly for a forecast on a game with some goals!
Italy U21 vs Spain U21 head to head matches
01.09.17 FI Spain U21 Italy U21 3 : 0
27.06.17 EUR Spain U21 Italy U21 3 : 1
27.03.17 FI Italy U21 Spain U21 1 : 2
18.06.13 EUR Italy U21 Spain U21 2 : 4
13.11.12 FI Italy U21 Spain U21 1 : 3