Czech Republic U-21 versus Spain U-21 – Under 21 European Championship: Match Preview
Spain will look to get their first win of the U-21 European Championships when they take on a formidable yet young Czech Republic side on 15th of June 2011 at Viborg Stadion in Denmark. So let’s take a look at how both
the teams might line up against each other on Wednesday night...
Czech Republic
Czech Republic are favourites to win the U-21 European Championships in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884 and given their authoritative display against Ukraine in the opening match of the tournament, one can safely assume that they will be the team to beat
in this year’s miniature version of European Championship.
Czechs are a dominant force who qualified with relative ease for the U-21 European Championships. They currently top Group B with three points courtesy of their win against Ukraine. Another thing that would deter Czech Republic’s
opponents is the fact that they haven’t lost at the U-21 level since 2008. They won their last European Championships at the Under 21 level in 2002 but the Czechs failed to qualify for the last three U-21 European Championships.
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http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque, the Spanish senior national team manager has already declared that the Czech Republic team at the U-21 level is very difficult to beat as they are very good at what they do. However Spain have an impressive
squad as well which boasts the presence of two world cup winners. As Spanish national team won the FIFA World Cup last year in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757, their younger versions are now expected to follow up with a European Championship win back home.
However such feats are easier said than done. Spain drew against England in their first match of the competition but their dominance was never in question even after they had conceded a late equalizer. Building on the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604
format of football, Spain’s midfield is their strongest department and if they intend to defeat http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Czech-Republic-c2882 then the likes of Javi Martinez will need to fire on all cylinders.
Team News
Czech Republic will be without their midfield maestro Jan Moravek but it is expected that their manager won’t make any changes to the squad which won against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032. Czechs usually play a defensive formation with a five man midfield
as most of their focus is on hitting their opponents on the counter attack.
Expected Czech Republic line up:
Vacli, Lecjaks, Suchy, Mazuch, Celutska, Gecov, Kovarik, Vacha, Horava, Dockal, Pekhart
Spain remain true to their new found ideology even at the U-21 level. In a 4-3-3 formation, the young versions of the La Furia Roja play possession football and hardly mess up in the central midfield department. It is expected
that Bojan will start for the U-21 Spanish side after being left out of the starting line up in the opening encounter against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749.
Expected Spain line up: De Gea, Montoya, Botia, Dominguez, Jose Angel, Javi http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888, Mata, Bojan, Muniain
Prediction
Both the teams are evenly matched by Czech Republic’s record at the U-21 level makes them the favourites to win this one. Their counter offensive style will be hard to play against for the Spanish even through the Iberian youngsters
are masters in keeping hold of the ball throughout the encounter. Prediction: 2-1 to Czech Republic.
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