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The U19 European Championship 2019 will have their dream final on Saturday night: In the Wasken Sarkissjan Stadium in Yerevan, defending champions Portugal and record champion Spain will face each other. Both national teams had already played against each other in the group stage. The match on Matchday 2 ended 1-1. Portugal prevailed in the semi-finals and earned 4-0 against Ireland’s U19 selection. The Spaniards had in their semifinal much more trouble. Against France, it was 0-0 after 120 minutes. So the penalty shoot-out had to decide which Spain could win 4: 3.
Portugal are in the final for the third time in a row and want to bring home the second European title on Saturday. Spain have been eight times in the final and had to accept only one final defeat: 2010 with 1: 2 against France. For the Portuguese it is the fifth European Championship final. In 2003, 2014 and 2017 Portugal’s U19 selection had to settle for second place. Do you believe before the final Portugal vs.. Spain the odds of bookmakers, threatens the offspring of the “Selecao das Quinas” this year the same fate. The bookmakers send the Spaniards into the race as a lightweight favorite. However, the betting base comes to the conclusion that the defending champion has played the slightly better tournament, and therefore sets in the duel against Portugal. Spain their tip on “Portugal is European champion”.
Portugal:
Portugal has been in the semi-finals five times in the last six European U19 Championships. Three times it was enough for the final. After defeats by Germany (2014) and England (2017), the Portuguese have had their first U19 title since 2002, where the tournament was held for the first time in its current form. The predecessor, the U18 EM, the Iberians had won twice. The Portuguese went down 4-2 after extra time against Italy in the previous year, making them one of the big favorites in the 2019 finals. In the group stage, they were able to select their role with two clear wins over Italy and Armenia and a draw with Spain satisfy.
As a group winner, the Portuguese went as clear favorite in their semi-final against Ireland. In the first half, the “Selecao das Quinas” went through a penalty and put on just before the half-time whistle with the second goal. In the second round, the Irish became more offensive, but could not use their few opportunities. As it gets better, then showed the defending champion with the goals to 4-0 final score. Man of the match was striker Ramos with three goals. Thus, Portugal stands for the third time in a row in the final of the U19 European Championship. So far, only Spain could contest three finals in a row at the U19 European Championship (2010 to 2012). Portugal is slightly at a disadvantage against Spain according to odds of bookmakers.
Spain:
With seven European Championship titles, the Spaniards are clear record winners in the U19 area. The last three finals had the Iberians but missed. In the qualification, the Spanish selection prevailed with five wins and a draw quite sovereign. The first qualifying round saw three wins: 5-0 against Andorra, 3-0 against Belarus and 2-1 against Switzerland. Then they solved the ticket with a 1-1 draw against Slovenia, a 5-1 over Wales and a 1-0 against the Netherlands.
Sergio Gomez, one of the best-known players in Santi Denia’s squad, is sure to have joined FCB from the youth academy of FC Barcelona about a year and a half ago. In the last season the left winger gained mostly experience in the second team of Dortmund. With the exception of the opening match against Armenia Gomez stood in all European Championship games in the starting eleven. There are also players like Ferran Torres, Ander Barrenetxea or Bryan Gil, who have already collected some stakes in La Liga. For the start in the European Championship, the boys of Coach Denia defeated the hosts Armenia 4: 1. In the second group game, the Spaniards met Portugal for the first time.
The record European champion was the slightly better team and had more chances, but did not get over a 1-1 at the end. In the final group match against the reigning vice-European champion Italy, it went to the semi-finals. Italy had taken the lead in the first half thanks to a direct free-kick. In the second round, the Spaniards turned the game and moved into the round of the last four with the deserved 2-1 victory.
In the semifinals, the Spaniards met France. The French got the better start and determined the duel. Gradually, Spain came into play better and had its first opportunities. Also in the remaining season there were good opportunities on both sides, but all remained unused. So it was in the extension, but in which the same picture emerged. So the tough and balanced semi-final had to be decided on penalties. The second marksman of the French, Isidore, forgave. France could not catch up with this gap.
Portugal U19 vs Spain U19 head to head matches
17.07.19 EUR Portugal U19 Spain U19 1 : 1
14.11.17 FI Portugal U19 Spain U19 2 : 1
03.06.15 EUR Portugal U19 Spain U19 0 : 4
10.10.13 FI Spain U19 Portugal U19 1 : 1
20.07.13 EUR Spain U19 Portugal U19 1 : 0