http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Switzerland-c3016 U-21 versus Spain U-21 – Under 21 European Championships: Second half review (Part 2)
In the 65th minute http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 went on the offensive once again but this time Muniain was sent through on goal via a pass from Thiago Alcantara. However the Athletic Bilbao striker lost possession of the ball with his heavy
first touch as the score line remained at one nil courtesy of a first half strike from Ander via a Didac Vila cross. In the 67th minute, Switzerland made their final change of the night when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pajtim-Kasami-c29036 was thrown into the fray as he replaced
his compatriot Granit Xhaka in the midfield department for the U-21 European Championship’s underdogs.
In the 74th minute, Lustenberger saved his team’s blushes as he intercepted Martin Montoya’s cross towards Adrian inside the Swiss penalty area. The defensive midfielder headed the ball out of play for a corner kick.
The ensuing set piece was taken by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Juan-c19640 Mata who swung the ball towards Botia. Regardless, the Spanish centre back only managed to head the ball wide of the mark as Spain failed to add to their advantage once again.
In the 76th minute, Switzerland were awarded yet another free kick near the Spanish penalty area. This time http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xherdan-Shaqiri-c37074 decided to cross the ball rather than try his luck at De Gea’s goal. The Swiss winger crossed
the ball towards Kasami who headed it above the Spanish goal as the score line remained at one nil to the tournament favourites in Denmark.
In the 78th minute, Kasami was at fault once again as this time he failed to place his finish into the bottom left hand corner of the Spanish goal after Klose had headed the ball towards the Swiss striker inside the
Spanish penalty area. It was a crucial miss for the Swiss second half substitute and Spanish made their opponents pay for their wastefulness in the 81st minute when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604
midfielder spotted Sommer off his line and chipped him from a free kick near the half way line on the field of play.
It was an ambitious attempt by the young midfielder which paid off in the end as Sommer was left in tatters with the score line at 2-0. Just before the goal went in, Javi http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adrián-c3701 was replaced
by Jeffren Suarez in the Spanish attack. In the 93rd minute of added time, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-de-Gea-c10463 went into the referee’s book for wasting time but the booking was elementary at best as the final whistle blew soon after with Spain winning the final of the
Under 21 European Championships in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884 by beating Switzerland by two goals to nil in the end.
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