Denmark progresses comfortably while the Netherlands reach last eight after the confrontation in Ukraine
Denmark and the Netherlands progressed around the quarter-finals of the U21 European Championships, while Ukraine and Finland were eliminated while group D arrived on Wednesday.
The passage of the Danes to the last eight had already been provided before kick-off, after successive victories against the Netherlands and Ukraine.
But Steffen Hojer’s team assured that they remain undefeated in front of the direct elimination phase despite throwing a two goals in Kosice.
Conrad Harder scored a splint but Finland organized a valiant return in the second minutes in the second half, Naatan Skytta by speaking the deficit in the 73rd minute before Topi Keskinen ranks 82nd.
Thus, the battle for the place of the finalists was led between the Netherlands and Ukraine, with the old with the emerging victorious aiso of goals in the two half of Luciano Valente and Thom Van Bergen.
The Oranje put an end to the game a player down when your reeger was dismissed with less than 10 minutes to play, but the Netherlands maintained and will face Portugal on Saturday.
As a group winners, Denmark faces France for a place in the last four.
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Meanwhile, the fate of those in group B was also decided, because the tournament holders in England fell in 2-1 against Germany, but have always qualified for the next round, where they will meet Spain in a rehearsal of the 2023 final.
The victory for Germany allowed them to become the only team of the competition to collect maximum points and will be made in the last eight a serious competitor to go to the end.
There was a strong chance that Slovenia could progress, in the event that the three lions lost and they could reverse a difference in goals lower than the cheche.
However, this rarely seemed to happen while the checkedness lacked 2-0 winners thanks to the second half’s goals of Daniel Fila and Vaclav Sejk.
