U-19: Spain and Scotland in the finals

Spain qualified for the final match of the U19 European Football Championships. In the first semi-final match held in Wronki it defeated Austria 5:0 (2:0). The final rival of Spaniards will be Scots, who won in a match played in Grodzisk Wielkopolski against Czechs 1:0 (0:0). The final match will be held on 29th July in Poznań.

Spaniards, the main favorites of the championships, do not disappoint. The result 5:0 speaks for itself, and had the players from the Iberian Peninsula been more focused, they could have scored many more goals.

The qualification of Scotland for the finals is a small surprise. On the other hand, the islanders proved in the qualifications to be better than very powerful France, and in the tournament they left behind Turkey and Portugal. Therefore their participation in the game for the top trophy is not accidental.

Spain - Austria 5:0 (2:0)

Goals: Francisco Javier Garcia (42., 80.), Jeffren Suarez (34.), Juan Mata (72.), Alberto Calvo (88.).

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden).

Yellow card - Michael Madl (Austria).

Spectators: 1000.

Spain: Antonio Adan - Antonio Barragan, Marc Valiente, Gerard Pique, Roberto Canella - Antonio Calvo, Francisco Javier Garcia (81. Esteban Granero), Mario Suarez (73. Gorka Elusondo), Jeffren Suarez (60. Diego Capel) - Alberto Bueno, Juan Mata.

Austria: Bartolomej Kulu - Thomas Hinum, Daniel Gramann, Michael Madl, Markus Suttner - Peter Hackmair, Niklas Lercher (46. Rubin Okotie), Veli Kavlak, Butrint Vishaj - Clemens Walch (83. Michael Glauninger), Daniel Sikorski (73. Tomas Simkovic).

Czech Republic - Scotland 0:1 (0:0)

Goal - Calum Elliot (47.).

Referee: Herve Piccirillo (France).

Yellow cards: Marek Strestik (Czech Republic) - Steven Fletcher, Jamie Adams (Scotland).

Spectators: 500.

Czech Republic: Radek Petr - Ondrej Mazuch (76. Ivan Hasek), Petr Pavlik (86. Jan Blazek), Jan Simunek, Jakub Dohnalek - Jakub Mares (78. Jiri Jeslinek), Marek Jungr, Marek Strestik, Michal Svec, Petr Janda - Martin Fenin.

Scotland: Andrew McNeil - Andrew Cave-Brown, Jamie Adams, Scott Cuthbert, Lee Wallace - Michael McGlinchey, Simon Ferry, Greg Cameron (78. Garry Kenneth), Calum Elliot, Ryan Conroy (90. Graham Dorrans) - Steven Fletcher (46. Robert Snodgrass).

Source: PZPN, 27th July 2006