Comments on Italy U19 vs Spain U19

U19 Italy vs U19 Spain at 8:00 p.m. on July 25 (Semi-finals of the U19 European Championship 2024): Football commentary, expert opinions, result predictions, detailed analysis and statistics of the match on Superace-88.

Football commentary U19 Italy vs U19 Spain

The fact that U19 Italy lost to Ukraine in the last round of Group A did not surprise anyone because the defending champion had already won the right to the semi-finals and was sure to take first place. That day, the “Young Azzurri” still played completely on par with their opponents even though they only used a secondary squad. Not to mention, for nearly 20 minutes, U19 Italy still had to play without players. Otherwise, we don’t know what the outcome will be.

However, Italy U19’s winning streak of 6 consecutive matches has ended. Interestingly, that series of matches started after the defeat against … Spain U19 earlier this year, but the two sides played a friendly game at that time.

Statistics from previous matches

Exactly one year ago, the U19 teams of the two teams clashed in the semi-finals of the European U19 Championship. The young Italian players ultimately won a dramatic 3-2 and defeated Portugal in the final. Final to win the championship.

However, in youth football, head-to-head statistics do not have a reference value that is too high because everyone knows that the age limit means that even after just one year, each country’s U19 team changes significantly. In fact, among the Italian U19 participating in this year’s tournament, only 2-3 players lifted the championship trophy a year ago (the same goes for Spain’s U19).

Of course, the current Italian U19 team is still of high quality, but it cannot be denied that coach Bernardo Corradi and his team were lucky to fall into Group A relatively lightly. On the contrary, Spain U19 is in Group B of “death”, so having an unbeaten record after three matches is more impressive than Italy’s top position.

Strictly, Spain U19 would have avoided the defending champion in the semi-finals if France had not conceded a goal in the 90th minute, leading to a regretful 2-2 draw. Previously in the second round, “Jose Lana’s kids” also fell into a similar situation: losing the victory in the… 90th minute.

Thus, the problem in the current Spanish U19 version seems to only lie in concentration, not human quality. This is also shown through a series of 12 unbeaten matches (9 wins) since the 2023 U19 European final with Italy mentioned above.

In addition to the fact that Spain U19 is being rated higher, it is unknown that the results of the friendly match from earlier this year will be recreated, even within the official 90 minutes.

Comment on the developments of Italy U19 vs Spain U19.

Both sides possess “combatant” attacks, so you can expect an exciting match even in an important semi-final where safety is emphasized. Remember that Italy U19 only lost 1/9 games, and all 9 matches ended with at least 3 shaking net situations. On the other side of the field, Spain scored in 20 consecutive matches, and 15 had at least three goals. You can give your commentary on Superace88, 188jili, wjpeso.cn.