The Underneath-21 European Championship begain in Slovakia on Wednesday night, with 2023 runners-up Spain beating the hosts in Bratislava with a last-minute winner.
Spain, crushed by England within the 2023 closing, gained 3-2 because of the late strike by Valencia defender Cesar Tarrega.
Targets from Marc Pubill and Mateo Joseph – of newly-promoted Leeds United – put Spain 2-0 up inside 20 minutes however the hosts rallied to stage earlier than Tarrega’s winner.
“It was virtually like we overslept in the beginning of the match,” mentioned Jaroslav Kentos, the Slovakia coach.
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“We have been very passive; we conceded two targets, however we obtained again into the match. We’re unhappy about Spain’s third objective, however I’m happy with the boys as a result of they gave it their all – they performed with ardour. After all, we’re not glad with the end result – we have been shut to some extent.”
Italy beat Romania 1-0 within the different recreation in Group A with the one objective of the sport coming from Tommaso Baldanzi of Roma, with goalkeeper Sebastiano Desplanches saving a penalty from Louis Munteanu.
England start their defence underneath Lee Carsley towards Czechia on Thursday night time – read the preview here.
In Group C, one other stoppage-time winner gave Georgia a 2-1 win over Poland.
Nodar Lominadze’s objective was cancelled out by a penalty from Jakub Kaluzinski earlier than Vasilios Gordeziani gained it for Georgia.
These three factors might provr very important for Georgia in a stacked group as France and Portugal performed out a 0-0 draw.
