http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 U-21 versus Belarus U-21 – Under 21 European Championship semi finals: Second half review (Part 2)
Looking for their equalizing goal in the semi-final against Belarus U-21 team, Spain pushed onwards in the 62nd minute when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 winger tried
to play in Adrian but the ball deflected off a defender and fell straight to Thiago Alcantara. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 midfielder tried to sneak in a shot at the near post by Belarus’ defence was on hand to block the effort as the ball went out of play for a corner
kick.
The ensuing set piece was taken by Mata who directed his set piece at Capel. However the Sevilla winger was beaten to the ball by Polyakov as the score line remained at one nil. In the 67th minute, Belarus’ defender
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Capel-c11100 near the half way line. In the 69th minute, Belarus went on the defensive when they opted to take off their solitary
striker and the scorer of their only goal, Andrey Varankov only to be replaced by Nikita Bukatkin.
Belarus’ resilient defence frustrated their Spanish counter parts by defending deep and not allowing their opponents anytime inside their penalty area. This produced frustration in the Spanish ranks as Botia went into the referee’s
book after he brought down Stanislav Dragun near his team’s penalty area. In the 71st minute, Spain made their second change of the night when Jeffren Suarez replaced the departing Muniain.
The Barcelona striker was thrown into the fray by Luis Milla in the hope that he will conjure something out of nothing for the Spanish U-21 contingent by combining effectively with Capel and Javi http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martinez-c24468 in the midfield department.
In the 77th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bojan-Krkic-c7794 was Spain went for broke with four strikers on the field of play in shape of Mata, Bojan, Jeffren and Adrian. In the 82nd minute, Mata tried to
play in Bojan but Gutor read the striker’s intentions and smothered the ball at his feet. In the 83rd minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904.
On their way out of the tournament, Spain started to throw caution to the wind in the dying moments of their semi-final against Belarus. However their efforts finally paid off in the 89th minute when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adrián-c3701 scored a
well deserved equalizer for them. The Deportivo La Coruña striker benefitted from a ball across the penalty area by Jeffren Suarez after the Barcelona youth academy product was played in by his club team mate http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 Alcantara. With the score line at one all
the match progressed into extra time with both the teams deadlocked at one all at the end of normal time.
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