Spain U-21 versus Belarus U-21 – Under 21 European Championship semi finals: Extra time review
Spain scored a late equalizer at the end of the second half after Belarus had taken the lead in the first half of their Under 21 European Championship semi-final in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884. Both the teams took the field in the extra time period
with the same line ups that they ended the normal time. Spain were on the front foot right away as it was soon evident that they were the favourites to win the match now after Belarus had taken off their only striker in the second half to go adopt an all defensive
strategy against the La Furia Roja.
In the 92nd minute, Botia had a wonderful chance to put his team in front as he found himself in space at the far post with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Juan-c19640 Mata’s cross. However the centre back failed to direct his header past Gutor as the ball
struck the side netting rather than the back of the net due to the lack of accuracy on the header. In the 97th minute, Bojan was played in by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 striker had a clear cut goal scoring opportunity from the edge of the
Belarus penalty area. However the youthful striker fluffed his chance as he was caught in two minds which allowed Dmitri Rekish to dispossess him.
In the 101st minute, Spain had another chance to take the lead when Montoya tried his luck at Belarus’ goal. However Gutor was hand to successfully gather in the full back’s low drive as the score line remained at one
all. In the 103rd minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Capel-c11100 played in Didac but the Spanish defender was stopped in his tracks by a fine tackle by Filippenko.
Nonetheless, Belarusian resistance was broken down in the 105th minute when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adrián-c3701 netted Spain’s winning goal. The Deportivo striker was played in by Capel inside the Belarus’ penalty area and he made no mistake with
his finish as the score line reached 2-1 in favour of the tournament favourites. Soon after in the second period of the extra time Jeffren added another goal to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belarus-c2849’ back line. The Barcelona striker
fired a thunderous shot into the corner of the net as Gutor was left stranded inside his six yard box.
With the score line at 3-1, Spain closed out to the match by keeping the ball and tiring the Belarus U-21 contingent. In the end their extra time win was enough to seal a place in the final of the Under 21 European Championships
as the match came to a conclusion with the final score of 3-1.
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