U-21 European Cup Final Meeting Germany and Spain
LEAPYGUIDE.COM - U-21 European Cup 2017 has reached the final. The tournament is the stage for the young stars will bring together Germany and Spain.
The tournament was held in Poland from 16 to 30 June. There are 12 teams competing in six host cities from the group phase.
After going through 20 games finally got two finalists who will compete in the final match held at Cracovia Stadium, in the city of Krakow, this weekend. They are two favorites of German and Spanish champions.
German-born Stefan Kuntz managed to get rid of England in a dramatic semifinal match, Tuesday (27/06/2017) . Drawing 2-2 for 120 minutes, Germany finally qualified with a 4-3 victory in a penalty shootout after two England kickers failed.
In this tournament, Germany driven two flagship players namely Davie Selke and Serge Gnabry on the front lines with Maximilian Arnold captained. Germany lost once in the group phase when the 0-1 defeat of Italy in the last game and qualify as the best runner-up.
While Spain stepped into the final after eliminating other favorite champions, Italy, with a score of 3-1, Wednesday (28/06/2017). The hero of Spain's triumph is Saul Niguez who made a hat-trick and is now the top scorer of the tournament with five goals.
Spain were so perfect from the group phase where they swept the three games with victory. The team that trained Albert Celades also fairly complete because it is inhabited by players who mostly subscribed to the core team in their respective clubs.
Call it Saul, Marco Asensio, Sandro Ramirez, Gerard Deulofeu, Inaki Williams, Arrizabalaga Kepa, Hector Bellerin, and Dani Ceballos.
Meeting Germany and Spain in the final game was fairly perfect if they see their gait from the beginning of the tournament. Germany was once a champion in 2009 in the era of Manuel Neuer, while Spain four times enthroned with two of them achieved in 2011 and 2013 when digawangi David de Gea et al.
So who will be the champion?