U/19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008: SPAIN ELIMINATED

Two time consecutive European U/19 Champions SPAIN have
been eliminated from this years tournament after losing 0-1 to
HUNGARY. Spain needed to win their Group A match today after
losing after Germany 1-0 in the group opener.

Hungary took it´s chances after the Spanish defence made a series of
mistakes that allowed NAGY to score in the 70th min. Spain had a
chance to draw via Emilio, but he failed infront of the goalkeeper.

End of the road for Spain, they were not up to the standard of
previous Spanish squads & the needed playing level

Match details/summary:

SPAIN 0: De Gea, Azpilicueta, Castellano, Domínguez Soto,
Antón (Luque, min. 72), Camacho, Parejo, Emilio, Mérida
(Aquino, min. 65), Aarón & Bolado (Alba, min. 46).

HUNGARY 1: Gulácsi, Nagy, Korcsmár, Debreceni, Présinger,
Busai, Iszlai, Gosztonyi (András Simon, min. 88), Koman,
Nikházi (Szabó, min. 57) & Németh (Bajner, min. 90).

GOAL: 0 - 1. Min.70, Nagy

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U/19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008: BAD START FOR SPAIN

The U/19 European Championships at the Czech Rep. got under
way with GERMANY defeating two time Champions SPAIN
2-1 in the opening game of Group A ( other teams Hungary &
Bulgaria) with Spains only goal from ALBA.


















The Germans out played Spain with a better organized team in
defence & strenght. The Spaniards controlled the ball but were
frustrated by the "German Wall".

After the "Seniors" won the Euro Nations Cup with sublime Football,
everyone is exepecting the Spanish U/19 to do the same & that is
difficult to repeat, putting some pressure on the boys.

Spain now meets Hungary in their next game & must win to keep
their chances alive. SFS feels that a good lesson was learnt against
Germany & Spain will not repeat mistakes.

Match Summary:

GERMANY 2
Zieler; Diekmeier, Jungwirth, Reinartz, Toprak (Kopplin, m.79);
Risse, Sven Bender, Latza, Nsereko; Gebhart y Sukuta-Pasu
(Soyudogru, m.89).
SPAIN 1
De Gea; Azpilicueta, Ortiz, Sanjosé, Antón; Alba, Parejo, Camacho
(Luque, m.63), Aarón (Lillo, m.77); Aquino (Bolado, m.54) & N'sue.

Goals: 1-0, m.7: Sukuta-Pasu. 2-0, m.56: Toprak. 2-1, m.66: Alba. Tweet

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