Don't wait for "luck"

Spain U21 is considered the number one candidate for this year's championship. The "Young Bulls" are having a convincing tournament and entering the quarter-finals with extremely high performance. With an unbeaten record, including a 1-1 draw against strong opponent Italy U21. Spain excellently topped Group A. They have a squad of players with an even line with superior ball control ability and diverse attacking combinations that can make opponents concede goals from any situation and from any line. Against the "Little Lions" who had just luckily passed the group stage, the "Young Bulls" confidently deployed a "dominating" style of play right from the start of the match. However, after the shock in the final match of the group stage against Germany U21, England U21 completely transformed to win convincingly, forcing Spain U21 to accept stopping on their journey to conquer the throne.

England U21 entered the quarter-finals quite luckily, because they lost 1-2 to Germany U21 in the last match of the group stage, despite fielding a very strong squad. However, that defeat was not a "disaster" when the Czech Republic won 2-0 against Slovenia in the same match, thereby indirectly giving the "Little Three Lions" a ticket to the next round. After the loss to Germany, England U21 coach Lee Carsley did not hide his disappointment. He admitted that England U21 did not overcome themselves under the pressure from Germany U21, and at the same time warned that his students need to play at more than 100% of their strength if they want to overcome Spain in the quarter-finals. Overcoming the haunting loss to Germany U21 recently, and at the same time, despite having to face the strength of the number 1 candidate for the championship, the "Little Three Lions" did not wait for luck again. They knew how to shine to defeat the "Young Bulls".

Entering the match, U21 Spain started very well. The "young bull" showed determination to take the lead against their opponents and they soon had two opportunities and almost got a penalty. However, VAR denied this situation. After minutes of being pressured. The players trained in the Premier League environment of U21 England regained control of the game. In the 10th minute, Jame McAtee received the ball from a corner kick that was hung deep inside the penalty area and beat the goalkeeper with a close-range shot into the right corner to open the score. 5 minutes later, Quansah fired a thunderous shot from a distance that goalkeeper Iturbe could not catch, Elliott's lightning-fast rebound helped U21 England double the gap. U21 Spain had a goal to shorten the score to 1-2, in the 39th minute when Javi Guerra successfully converted the penalty with a low shot right in the middle of the goal. The score of 2-1 in favor of England U21 was maintained until the end of the first half.

In the second half, in a chase, U21 Spain tried to deploy attacking situations to find an equalizer. However, facing a squad of players who regularly play in the Premier League and have learned from the loss to U21 Germany, the "Young Bulls" could not penetrate the defense of U21 England. Unable to find an equalizer, U21 Spain suffered a "counterattack" in the 90+4 minute. Anderson was the player who scored the final goal for U21 England.

With a convincing victory over Spain U21, England U21 has entered the semi-finals. The opponent of the "Three Lions" will be the "Little Orange Storm" Netherlands when the team from the land of tulips unexpectedly defeated Portugal in the quarter-finals at the same time. The final ticket awaits the winner of the semi-final match taking place on June 25.

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