European U21 Semi-finals.

ISRAEL - ENGLAND

This should be a very easy match for England.

For me they have been the best team in the tournament, and are now the main title contenders, even above Spain who was the favorite for me before the starting of this tournament.

They have made very solid performances, winning the 4 games played so far and outplaying all rivals. The Czech Republic in the opening round (0:2) was very easy, same as Israel (2:0) and then played against two solid/strong teams and were very convincing. They totally outplayed Germany (2:0) while against Portugal in the ¼ finals was an absolute rape in the first half, but then struggled in the second half.

Portugal has a very strong squad and in the second half did one thing that very few teams are able to do: steal the ball to England and dominate them. And of course Israel doesn’t have the ability to do that.

England has an amazing squad, with several players whose value is huge: Ramsey 32MM, Gibbs-White 30MM, Gordon 40MM, Madueke 28MM, Hardwood-Bellis 20MM, Colwill 16MM, Jones 17MM… The value of this team is amazing and their quality/level is top.

Newcastle striker Gordon said in an interview that this team is the best he has been playing ever, which is crazy. Although he is pretty young, he has been playing in Everton, Newcastle, England U18 and U19.

They also have a great goalkeeper with Trafford, former Manchester City goalkeeper who managed to keep his goal to nil in the whole tournament so far (only team who did it).

On the other hand, Israel has been the big surprise of the tournament. Qualified very luckily in the group stage, and the same in ¼ finals.

The group stage they managed to beat Czech Republic (although they were dominated) 1:0 scoring at 83’, then were totally outplayed by England (2:0) and were very lucky against Germany (1:1): The Germans had 70% possession, missed two penalties and many clear chances, especially in the second half.

Then in ¼ finals against Georgia (who were very lucky during the tournament too) managed to beat them in penalties, after drawing 0:0 in the regular time and also ET.

Quality difference here is huge. According to their performances so far, England is several steps above Israel, as shown in the group stage also where they won 2:0 and deserved to score even more goals. I’m expecting something similar in this match.

SPAIN - UKRAINE

I think that Spain will struggle here but I see them as favorites.

They managed to beat Switzerland in the ET. Although they dominated the whole game and were much better than Switzerland, it was a very difficult match because the Swiss team were very competitive and managed to defend well, scoring also a lucky goal at 91’ following their defensive + counter attack plan.

Spain has the same problem as the senior team: lack of goal. They dominate the games, but rivals are using defensive systems and Spain is struggling to convert the chances they have. But it is a team with a lot of quality and experience, with all players from main teams and leagues.

They also have good players/strikers like Abel Ruiz to play against defensive teams, with different alternatives.

In the group stage they outplayed all teams, beating Croatia (1:0) and Romania (0:3), while drew 2:2 against Ukraine although they deserved to win.

Ukraine on the other hand, made a big surprise beating France (1:3), but I already said in my previous pick that France weren’t pretty strong and Ukraine was able to beat them, as they did.

They are making a great tournament, beating Croatia and Romania and playing well against Spain. They have a squad composed mainly by players from the local league (Shakhtar in the majority of them) and their star Mudryk from Chelsea (who has been injured and only played 60 minutes against France).

I think that Spain still has potential to improve, as several players have been underperforming after seeing them during the season in La Liga (Sancet, Gabri Veiga) while Ukraine has been clearly overperforming, as nobody expected them as favorites in this tournament and playing the ½ finals beating France 1:3.

Both teams played in the group stage with rotations as were already qualified. They drew 2:2 and Spain deserved to win. Referee disallowed a goal with no sense (there’s no VAR in this tournament) and Spain controlled the game.

The plan of this game is clear: Spain will have the ball possession and control of the match, while Ukraine will try to be a solid defensive team, difficult to beat and make a large match. But Spain has shown that has different alternatives to attack this kind of teams and has the quality to break their defense. Just have been unlucky so far but they have produced a lot of chances in all games played.

Spain has much more quality and potential, so I see them favorites to qualify and play the final.

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欧洲U21半决赛。

以色列-英格兰

这对英格兰来说应该是一场非常轻松的比赛。

对我来说，他们是本届杯赛中最好的球队，现在是主要的冠军争夺者，甚至超过了在本届杯赛开始前我最喜欢的西班牙队。

他们的表现非常稳定，赢得了迄今为止的4场比赛，击败了所有对手。捷克在首轮(0:2)非常轻松，和以色列(2:0)一样，然后面对两支坚实/强大的球队，非常令人信服。他们完全击败了德国(2:0)，而在1 / 4决赛中对阵葡萄牙时，他们在上半场被彻底强奸，但在下半场表现不佳。

葡萄牙有一支非常强大的球队，在下半场做了一件很少有球队能做到的事情:把球抢给英格兰并控制他们。当然，以色列没有能力这样做。

英格兰拥有一支惊人的球队，有几名球员的价值是巨大的:拉姆齐32毫米，吉布斯-怀特30毫米，戈登40毫米，马杜克28毫米，哈德伍德-贝利斯20毫米，科尔威尔16毫米，琼斯17毫米……这支球队的价值是惊人的，他们的质量和水平是顶级的。

纽卡斯尔前锋戈登在接受采访时说，这是他踢过的最好的球队，这太疯狂了。虽然他还很年轻，但他已经在埃弗顿、纽卡斯尔、英格兰U18和U19踢过球了。

他们在特拉福德也有一个伟大的门将，前曼城门将，迄今为止，他在整个比赛中都把自己的进球保持为零(唯一一支做到这一点的球队)。

另一方面，以色列一直是本届杯赛的一大惊喜。非常幸运地在小组赛中出线，在1 / 4决赛中也是如此。

在小组赛中，德国队在83分钟时以1:0的比分击败了捷克队(尽管他们处于劣势)，然后被英格兰队(2:0)完全击败，在对阵德国队(1:1)时非常幸运:德国队控球率为70%，错过了两个点球和许多明显的机会，尤其是在下半场。

然后在四分之一决赛中对阵格鲁吉亚(他们在比赛中也很幸运)，在常规时间和东部时间以0:0战平后，在点球大战中击败了他们。

这里的质量差异很大。从他们目前的表现来看，英格兰队比以色列队领先几步，小组赛中他们也以2:0取胜，理应进更多的球。我期待在这场比赛中有类似的表现。

西班牙-乌克兰

我认为西班牙在这里会很艰难，但我认为他们是夺冠热门。

他们在东部击败了瑞士队。虽然他们控制了整场比赛，而且比瑞士队强得多，但这是一场非常艰难的比赛，因为瑞士队非常有竞争力，防守也很好，在91分的时候，他们按照防守+反击的计划打进了一个幸运的进球。

西班牙队也有和这支成年队一样的问题:缺乏进球。他们在比赛中占据主导地位，但对手正在使用防守体系，西班牙正在努力转化他们拥有的机会。但这是一支实力雄厚、经验丰富的球队，所有球员都来自主要球队和联赛。

他们也有像阿贝尔·鲁伊斯这样优秀的球员/前锋来对抗防守球队，有不同的选择。

在小组赛中，他们击败了克罗地亚(1:0)和罗马尼亚(0:3)，与乌克兰2:2战平，尽管他们应该获胜。

另一方面，乌克兰出人意料地击败了法国(1:3)，但我在之前的选择中已经说过法国不是很强大，乌克兰能够击败他们，他们确实做到了。

他们在比赛中表现出色，击败了克罗地亚和罗马尼亚，在对阵西班牙的比赛中也表现出色。他们的阵容主要由本地联赛的球员组成(其中大部分是矿工)和他们的切尔西球星穆德莱克(他受伤了，对法国队只打了60分钟)。

我认为西班牙仍然有潜力提高，因为在西甲联赛中看到他们之后，有几名球员表现不佳(桑切特，加布里·维加)，而乌克兰显然表现出色，因为没有人预料到他们会成为本届锦标赛的热门，并且在半决赛中以1:3击败法国。

两支球队都在小组赛阶段轮换，因为他们都已经获得了出线资格。他们2:2战平，西班牙队理应获胜。裁判毫无理由地吹掉了一个进球(本届杯赛没有VAR)，西班牙控制了比赛。

本场比赛的计划很明确:西班牙队将控球并控制比赛，而乌克兰队将努力成为一支防守稳固的球队，难以击败，并制造一场大比赛。但西班牙已经证明，他们有不同的选择来攻击这类球队

E质量打破他们的防守。只是到目前为止运气不太好，但他们在所有比赛中都创造了很多机会。

西班牙队的实力和潜力要大得多，所以我认为他们最有希望晋级决赛。

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