SPAIN 1 FRANCE 2 | U-19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL RESULT

So close yet so far. Spain lost with extra-time 1 - 2 against France in the UEFA U-19 European Championships semi-final being held in Lithuania. A double Spanish defensive mistake in the 105th min of extra-time allowed Frenchman Conte to get onto a ball to score what would be the eventual winner.

A shame really for Spain as they were overall the better playing team, but mistakes are paid for dearly at this stage of the tournament. One may argue that Spain was unlucky not to have been called a penalty in the 17th min on Iker Hernandez & that the physical effort of the 90 mins were noted in the extra-time, but there are no real excuses & France are deserved finalists.

The first goal went to Spain in the 26th min with a penalty that Jose Rodriguez scored, but France reacted rapidly to draw with a 28th min goal by Benzia. Spain then dominated most of the match but could not finish off their good play & opportunities. The Spaniards then showed signs of tiredness towards the end of the 90 mins allowing French some chances to score, this was a signal of what was to come.

Then the moment for France arrived in the 105 th min with the Conte goal & winner. 

France moves onto the final were they will meet Serbia.

Match details:

1 - SPAIN:
Rubén Blanco, Jaime, Borja, Bellerín, Gayá, Pablo Íñiguez, José Rodríguez (Torró m. 79), Fede Vico, Moi Gómez (Traoré m. 72), Vadillo & Iker Hernández (Sandro m. 61).
2 - FRANCE:
Beunardeau, Ikoko, Conte, Laporte, Moreira; Hunou (Gbamin m. 89), Azouni, Rabiot, Jean (Rodrigues m. 62), Benzia & Martial (Nangis m. 94).
GOALS:
1-0: m.26 José Rodríguez, de penalty. 1-1: m. 28, Benzia. 1-2: m. 105, Conte.

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SPAIN WINS 3 - 2 HOLLAND FOR SEMI FINALS | EURO U-19

Spain has qualified itself at the Top of the Group for a semi finals berth in the U-19 European Championships being held in Lithuania. The 2 - 3 victory over Holland puts the Spanish U-19 Football Team into their fourth consecutive U-19 Euro semi-final where they will meet France next Monday.

Spain made an excellent comeback to turn things around in the latter part of the second half. It was their worst match in the tournament with a particularly bad first half. However, the boys managed to turn things around as Holland dropped notably in play & form with three straight goals from Spanish players Sandro ( 68th min ) , Vadillo ( 81st min ) & Fede Vico ( 83rd min ). 

Match details:

HOLLAND 2 : Van der Hart; Tete, Gravenberch, Kongolo, Woudenberg; Leemans, Ayoub; Basacikoglu, Vloet, Mahi (Chacon 73'); & Achahbar.

SPAIN 3 : Rubén Blanco; Jaime (Fede Vico 38'), Julio, Borja López, Duarte; José Rodríguez (Lucas 75'), Íñiguez; Vadillo, Moi Gómez (Adama 67'), Gayá; & Sandro.

GOALS: 1-0 Leemans min. 36; 1-1 Sandro min. 68; 1-2 Vadillo min. 81; 1-3 Fede Vico min. 83; 2-3 Achahbar, de penalty min. 91.
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LITHUANIA 0 SPAIN 2 | UEFA U-19 EURO CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP MATCH

The Spanish U-19 National Football Team managed another important victory over host Lithuania 0 - 2 in the Group UEFA U-19 Euro Championships. Three points more that now sums up six & puts Spain closer to qualifying for the semi-finals

The match overall was not brilliant but the job was done with ball control & minimizing the home side attacking opportunities. The two goals came from Iker Hernandez the first in the 5th min & the second in the 74th min. Once the local side defensive lines were broken with the first goal things become easier as Lithuania opened up looking for goals.

The next Group match for Spain is against Holland next Friday. 

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SPANISH FOOTBALL PROMISE | OLIVER

Couple of days back I did a post on young Barça & Spanish Football talent Gerard Deulofeu. This time around & continuing with Spanish Football promises, here is another name to list. OLIVER TORRES of just 17 years of age & crowned U-19 European Champions with Spain last Sunday.

Oliver

The "kid" is a midfielder & admires Xavi & Iniesta, so much so, that the player moves & pushes the ball like them. The insiders say the "boy" has talent, lots of talent & is headed towards big things. His current Club ATLETICO DE MADRID has invited Oliver to do the pre-season with the "big guys", that is another sign that Coach Simeone also sees something special in the youngster. Who knows, we may see a 2012-2013 season debut in LA LIGA or in other big time level game for Atletico.

Take note, Oliver is the name.

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SPAIN WINS U-19 EUROPEAN TITLE

SPAIN keeps up with its winning ways in European Football claiming the U-19 EUROPEAN TITLE after defeating GREECE 1 - 0 in the Final. Extraordinary year for Spanish Football at all levels, with the Female Spanish U-19 team nearly winning their U-19 Final yesterday against Sweden ( lost 0 - 1 extra-time) which would have put the cherry on the cake.

Jese for Spain

Take note of these names as they are the Spanish U-19 starting 11 in the Final:

Kepa, Castro, Grimaldo, Ramalho, Derik, Campaña, Oliver, Suso, Deulofeu,Jesé & Paco Alcácer.

Most already are playing in the top class or are about to get in & many are still around the 16 - 17 year old mark. The MVP of the tournament & the European U-19 Leading goal-scorer with 5 goals is JESE RODRIGUEZ, forward with REAL MADRID ( Castilla, their B - team ).


The match victory was well deserved for Spain as they created chances all match & dominated. Greece was solid in defence all game & very rocky which made Spain work very hard to find the winning goal which came finally in the 80th min when Deulofeu found Jese who scored.

Congratulations to the Spanish U-19 boys, well done!

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EURO U-19 SEMIS | SPAIN WINS FRANCE IN PENALTY SHOOT OUT

Marvellous run of wins & achievements for SPANISH FOOTBALL National Teams in all levels. The U-21 Team are the current European Champions, SPAIN won 10 days back the European Nations Cup & this afternoon-night the SPANISH U-19 TEAM won FRANCE 3 ( 4 ) - 3 ( 2 ) in the European semi-final. Spain will meet Greece in the U-19 European Championship Final & attempt to pull off a special string of titles, with the permission of Greece of course which will not be easy to beat.

Deulofeu

The semi - final went right down to the wire, with extra-time & then the dreaded penalty shoot out, with Spain ( Campaña ) missing its first shot. But Spanish goalkeeper KAPA stopped two French shots that allowed FC Barcelona youngster DEULOFEU to score the winner.

Goals:
0 -1 Umtiti ( 24 m )1 -1 Deulofeu ( 61 m)
2 -1 Alcacer ( 78 m )
2 -2 Umtiti (91 m)
EXTRA TIME
3 - 2 Deulofeu
3 - 3 Pogba


Spain wins penalty shoot out 4 - 2 . Spanish player Deulofeu obviously starred y goalie Kapa.

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SPANISH U-19 FOOTBALL TEAM | SPAIN 2 BELGIUM 1

SPANISH FOOTBALL U-19 TEAM has defended BELGIUM 2 - 1 & thus finish on top of their Group to go straight into the up coming EUROPEAN U-19 CHAMPIONSHIPS to be held in Estonia between the 3 rd & 15 th of July.

Gerard Deulofeu

Match details ( line-ups & goalscorers)

Spain 2: 13-Kepa Arrizabalaga, 2-Iván López, 3-Jonathan Castro, 4-Jonás Ramalho, 5- Pablo Insua , 6-José Campaña(c) (67´Jesús Fernández Suso), 8-José Antonio Delgado"Nono" (Saul Ñíguez), 16-Oliver Torres 18- Denis Suárez , 15-Gerard Deulofeu ( 78´Juan Miguel Jiménez "Juanmi"),9-Paco Alcácer.




Begium 1: 1-Salvatore Crimi, 2-Jordan Feltesse, 3-Dino Arslanagic, 4-Jonathan Vervoort, 5-Jordan Lukaku (80´Jonas Heymans), 7- Massimo Bruno, 8- Hannes Van Der Bruggen (c)(66´Dolly Menga), 15-Wannes Van Tricht, 16- Dennis Praet ,18-Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco & 10- Thorgan Hazard.


Goals: (0-1 Gerard Deulofeu 10´); (0-2 Denis Suárez 66´); (1-2 Bruno 86')

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SPAIN U-19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS 2011 | TEAM PHOTO

Take a note of the faces of these youngsters in this team foto. Its the SPANISH FOOTBALL U-19 NATIONAL TEAM which won the U-19 EURO CHAMPIONSHIP yesterday 2 - 3 against the Czech Rep

Spanish Football U- 19 National Team: courtesy Afp

Here are a fews names to note & to watch how they evolve over the coming years. Some in fact already play LIGA level with their Clubs:

• Sergi Gomez (FC Barcelona) class defender. Flew off to Miami to join the senior team with Guardiola after the match
• Miquel (Arsenal) raised in the Barça school "La Masia". Arsenal Manager Wegner has a very good eye
• Aurtenetxe (At. Bilbao ) already played 12 games with the senior team in Liga
• Ruben Prado (Real Sociedad) Xabi Alonso "clone". Destined to be a World class star if looked after well.
• Deelofeu (FC Barcelona) the sky is the limit for this winger - forward. Flew off to Miami to join Guardiola on the US Tour
• Sarabia (Getafe) ex Real Madrid that could not find playing time under Mourinho. Class & vision
• Morata (Real Madrid) maximum tournament goal scorer with 6 & the current 4th Real Madrid forward
• Alcacer (Valencia CF) note well this name. Could be the next David Villa.

Just a few names that called my attention, although the full squad has many talented young players like Carbajal (Real Madrid), Borja (At Madrid), Blazquez (RCD Espanyol), Muñiz (Sporting de Gijon) ...etc.

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U-19 EURO FINAL | SPAIN WINS 2 - 3 CZECH REP TO TAKE ITS 5 TH EUROPEAN TITLE

SPANISH FOOTBALL is certainly in a historical "Golden Age". The SPANISH U-19 NATIONAL TEAM has won 2 - 3 the CZECH REP in the Final of the European Championship to grab the EURO U-19 Title. No country has ever won both the European U- 21 & U-19 titles, but lets not forget our female U-17 team which proclaimed themselves yesterday Euro Champs. This,  plus the senior team the current FIFA World Champions & the U-20 Team currently attempting to notch the World title in Colombia, makes everything incredible, almost unbelievable, magical & a honest reward for some real hard work going on by Spanish Football professionals. Lastly , just as an informative note, its the 5th time Spain wins the U-19 title & thus will keep this current Cup in its property.

Spain U-19: European Champions 2011

There are some exceptionally talented Spanish Football youngsters in this U-19 team. Real Madrid player MORATA was awarded the "Golden Boot" of the tournament with his 6 goals. Valencia CF forward ALCACER - who scored twice today - is a class act, along with FC Barcelona winger DEULOFEU, the extraordinary Real Sociedad player RUBEN PRADO, new Getafe player & Spanish Captain SARABIA...& the list goes on. Just fabulous all of them.

The match was justifiably won by Spain who was the team that controlled the ball, created play & created multiple occasions with many unluckily not turning into goals thanks to a good Czech goalie Koubek. The Czech team however do deserve their merit & acclaim as they played "their game", counter-attacks that were 100% effective, in that , two chances & two goals, both in the 52nd min by KREJEL & in extra time by LACHA in the 97th min.

The great achieve of this U-19 Spain is that they came back from behind twice & never gave in on their belief, play & their Football. In the 84th min AURTENETXE equalized to bring on the extra-time & kept Spain alive. Then ALCACER scored two brilliantly worked & executed goals in the 107th & 115th min to give the title. Magnificent.

Congratulations Euro Champs!

Details:

Czech Rep 2: Tomas Koubek; Martin Hala, Jakub Brabec, Tomas Kalas, Tomas Jelecek; Pavel Kederabek, Adam Janos, Roman Polom (Martin Sladky, m.36), Ladislav Krejci; Jiri Skalak (Patrik Lacha, m.79) & Tomas Prikryl (Antonin Fantis, m.102)


Spain 3: Edgar Badía; Albert Blázquez, Ignasi Miquel, Sergi Gómez, Jon Aurtenetxe; Álex (José Campaña, m.55), Rubén Pardo, Gerard Deulofeu, Pablo Sarabia (Juan Muñiz, m.78), Juanmi (Paco Alcácer, m.54); & Álvaro Morata


Goals: 1-0, m.52: Krejci; 1-1, m.85: Aurtenetxe; 2-1, m.97: Lacha; 2-2, m.108: Alcácer; 2-3, m.115: Alcácer.


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SPAIN DEFEATS IRELAND 5 - 0 IN U-19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS SEMI FINAL

SPANISH FOOTBALL again has managed to put another National Team in a European Final, this time in the U-19 Euro Championships being held in Rumania. The young Spaniards defeated IRELAND 5 - 0 in the semi final clash & now go on to meet the Czech Rep in the Final

Spanish Football player Morata Spain U-19

The Irish side managed to keep the flood gates closed until Spanish midfield-forward  DEULOFEU put in a "cracker" in the 27th min. From here the Spanish tide rose & basically wiped off the pitch a good Irish side that simply played tonight against better team. The goals came in a steady flow, with Spanish Captain SARABIA ( superb tonight before being substituted ) put in a fine goal in the 40th min, along with JUANMI in the 46th min & MORATA with two goals ( 79th & 91st m) to take his tournament tally to six goals to date.

Special mention to the Irish goalkeeper McCarey who kept out at least four more goals & apart from the scoreline showed some real talent.

Good luck to the Spanish U-19 boys in the Final. If they win it will be amazing for them & Spanish Football.

Match details:
Spain 5: Edgar Badia; Daniel Carvajal (Albert Blázquez, m.82), Sergi Gómez, Ignasi Miquel, Jon Aurtenetxe; Rubén Pardo, Álex, Pablo Sarabia (Juan Muñiz, m.66), Juanmi; Álvaro Morata & Gerard Deulofeu (Paco Alcácer, m.80). Entrenador: Ginéz Meléndez.


Ireland 0: Aaron McCarey; Derrick Williams, John Egan, Anthony O''Connor, Joseph Shaughnessy; Jeffrey Hendrick, Samir Carruthers (Eoin Wearen, m.62), Sean Murray (Kevin Knight, m.71); Anthony Forde, John O''Sullivan & Conor Murphy (Connor Smith, m.46). Entrenador: Paul Doolin.


Goals: 1-0, m.27: Deulofeu; 2-0, m.40: Sarabia; 3-0, m.46: Juanmi, 4-0, m.79: Morata; 5-0, m.91: Morata (P).

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SPAIN DEFEATS BELGIUM 1 - 4 | U - 19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP | GROUP B

The SPANISH FOOTBALL U-19 TEAM defeated BELGIUM 1 - 4 in todays EUROPEAN U-19 CAHMPIONSHIP Group B match held in Rumania. The game was cancelled yesterday after severe weather conditions stopped the match in the 18th min with Spain leading 0 - 1.

Spain U-19 Football 

The "re-match" started well for Spain ( bad for Belgium ) when in the 11th min the Belgium goalkeeper Casteels was sent off with a red card for fouling Spanish player Deulofeu. MORATA took the penalty & scored in the 14th min to put Spain ahead. With a numerical advantage Spain dominated the match & created chances, but in the the 48th min & against the grain a terrible mistake by Spanish goalkeeper Badia allowed a long range shot by Belgium player CUVELIER to equalize.

This shook the Spaniards & they really did not recover until ALCACER scored the second for Spain in the 65th min. From here Spain recomposed themselves & began rolling the machine with excellent football. The third came in the 91st min after MUÑIZ scored a "screamer" & the fourth in the 93rd min via MORATA. Special mention for the performance of Deulofeu, Aurtenetxe & Ruben Pardo

Spain takes Top spot of Group B & the important three points that serve as a tranquillizer for the remaining matches. Great start!


Details:
1 - Belgium:
Koen Casteels; Pierre-Yves Ngawa, Dino Arslanagic (Thomas Kaminski, m.14), Laurens De Bock, Jannes Vansteenkiste; Tom Pietermaat, Jore Trompet, Hannes Van der Bruggen, Florent Cuvelier; Maxime Lestienne (Igor Vetokele, m.77) & Thorgan Hazard (Alessandro Cerigioni, m.66)

4 - Spain:

Edgar Badía; Sergi Gómez, Ignasi Miquel, Jon Aurtenetxe, Albert Blázquez (Daniel Carvajal, m.64); Rubén Pardo, Alex Fernández, Pablo Sarabia, Juanmi Jiménez (Paco Alcácer, m.50); Gerard Deulofeu (Juan Muñiz, m.61) & Álvaro Morata

Goals: 1-0, m.15: Sarabia,penalty; 1-1, m.46: Cuvelier; 2-1, m.65: Alcácer; 3-1, m.91: Muñiz; 4-1, m.93: Morata

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SPAIN FOOTBALL U-17 | U-19 | PRE - EUROPEAN GROUP DRAW RESULTS

Believe it or not there is more to Spanish Football after the 5-0 victory of Barça over Real Madrid in the Spanish League last night. The sport continues with more & bigger games & tournaments to play.


This afternoon the pre-European u-17 & u-19 Groups were drawn ay the UEFA Headquaters & teams were allocated with the following results for the Spanish National Teams.


In the u-17 category SPAIN was allocated Group 5 were they will play England, Nth Ireland & Belgium. The winner of this Group along with the 6 pre- Euro Groups winners will join hosts Serbia & play the U-17 European Finals during the 3rd & 15th of May 2011.

Spanish U-19 Team 

In the u-19 category SPAIN was put in Group 2 with England, Switzerland & Montenegro. The winners of the 7 pre-euro Groups will join hosts Rumania to play the U-19 European Finals during the 20th of July to 1st of August 2011. Tweet

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