The most "cold" ending of the European Youth Championship! The Netherlands and Belgium are out, Portugal is back from the dead, and the first place is Georgia
The European Youth Championship is in full swing, but in the early hours of tonight's showdown, we saw the Netherlands and Belgium out. What made them even more embarrassed was that it was the weak host Georgia, who suppressed them, and Georgia also won the first place. Portugal also beat Belgium in the final round to qualify. This makes A form the "most" group of this year's European Youth Championship.
This year's UEFA has many talented new stars and players who have played in the five major leagues.
Looking at Group A alone, the Netherlands have former Bayern striker Zirkze, Newcastle centre-back Portman and Bayern midfielder Grafenbech. 10 players, including Timber and Taylor, are also the main players in the Eredivisie, which makes the Netherlands the fifth most valuable team in this European Youth Championship (a total value of 187 million euros).
Although Portugal lacks Gonzalo Ramos, it still has five major league players such as Pedro Neto and Almeida, who are worth a total of 165 million euros. Belgium ranked seventh with 143 million euros. What is the contrast? Georgia, one of the hosts, is worth only 40 million euros and has never reached the quarter-finals of the European Youth Championship in its history.
Before the match, enough people felt that Group A was the Netherlands, Portugal and Belgium competing for two qualifications, and Georgia, even if it had the status of host, was probably accompanying the prince to study.
But what is the reality? It was Georgia who advanced with 1 win and 2 draws, Belgium and the Netherlands both won 2 points from 3 games, and Portugal finished second with 4 points. The most disappointing of this group is the Netherlands. As advocates and leaders of all-attack, all-defense football, they have many stars, but the offensive end is procrastinating. Only two goals have been scored in three games, and even though the other three groups have not been played in the final round, the Netherlands have the fourth lowest number of goals.