The Spain U21 from Luis de la Fuente did not give rise to surprise and fulfilled the forecasts by imposing this Tuesday to the Czech Republic (2-0) to certify their pass to the quarterfinals of the European Under-21. It was worth the Red the tie to seal his ticket to the playoffs, but in a match in which he had to fight for victory, two goals from Dani Gómez in the second half led up to it. The rival in the quarterfinals, which will not be played for another two months, will be known this Wednesday with Portugal, Croatia, Switzerland and England as candidates.
After imposing Slovenia (0-0) in the debut and a goalless draw against Italy last Saturday, the Red faced the closing of the group stage predisposed not to speculate that one point was enough. But since there is no small rival, he had to simmer to savor the qualification.
Already in the first half were those of Luis de la Fuente who carried the weight of the game, but without clear scoring chances beyond a great individual play by Javi puado whose death pass couldn't push the net Barrenetxea in the mouth of the goal (28 ').
From what has been said, the break was reached 0-0 in the light, being the ninth consecutive game of Spain U21 in which this circumstance occurs. The data that undoubtedly speaks of the resistance that rivals usually impose against the Red, but it should also be noted that with this Tuesday, those of From the source they have chained eight games without conceding a goal, a record that speaks of their solvency and competitiveness.
The goal that opened the scoring was a delight. It happened in 69 ', when Guillamon, central of exquisite conduction, leaked a pass between the lines to find Barrenetxea in the right band, and the end of the Real put her in the heart of the area where she waited a Dani Gómez who had just entered the field to finish off the net.
With an advantage on the scoreboard, the dominance of the Red did nothing but grow, and in 78 'the same Dani gomez, youth squad of Madrid currently in the I raised, also made it 2-0 by taking advantage of a nice pass from Manu Garcia, which shortly after was replaced by a Riqui Puig that in this way debuted in this European.
Spain U21, who defends the title, will be in the quarterfinals of this European Championship Slovenia and Hungary whose qualifiers are played between May 31 and June 6, and this Wednesday you will know if you face Portugal, Croatia, Switzerland or England, the members of a group D that reaches its last day with everything to decide. The one who finishes as second classified of the same will be measured with the Red.
2 – Spain: Álvaro Fernández, Gonzalo Ávila ‘Pipa’, Guillamón, Cuenca, Pedrosa; Moncayola, Gonzalo Villar (Well, m.72); Javi Puado (Fran Beltrán, m.72), Manu García (Riqui Puig, m.82), Barrenetxea (Yeremy Pino, m.82); Abel Ruiz (Dani Gómez, m.65).
0 – Czech Republic: Jedlicka; Fukala, Chlaus, Krejc, Sadilek; Sulc (Zitny, m.84), Havelka, Bucha (Janosek, m.92), Vanicek (Ostrak, m.75); Karabec and Lingr (Sasinka, m.75).
Goals: 1-0, min.69: Dani Gómez. 2-0, min.78: Dani Gómez.
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (GEO) admonished Barrenetxea (m.59) and Manu García (m. 80) by Spain and Vanicek (m.17), Krejci (m.71), Chalus (m.74) and Lingr ( m.75) by the Czech Republic.
Incidents: Third and last match for both teams in the European Under-21 match played at the Z’dezele stadium in Celje (Slovenia), which was played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.