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The National of Hope surrendered to the superiority of Portugal

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Her first defeat in his qualifiers Euro U21 2025 met the National Hopewhich she lost 2-0 at the headquarters of the powerful Portugal.

The hosts – who did it 4/4 in the 7th group, with Greece staying at five points – they presented themselves better from the start in the match. In fact, they only threatened in the 4th minute with Fabio Silva, with Tzolakis making the stop.

The first big moment for our representative group came in the 19th minute, with Soares impressively saving his direct free-kick Boxes.

However, he has since taken action Francisco Conceição. Initially, at 26′ passed to Rodrigo Gomes who scored 1-0, while in the 50th minute he sent the ball to beam. In the 74′ formed the final 2-0 with a penalty kick, a violation won by the Iberians after Kostis marked Gomes. Overall, Sergio Conceicao’s son was the most active and also the most impressive player.

The truth is that the national team turned up the pace in the second half, even having the great opportunity with him Surly in the 68′.

The compositions of the two teams:

Portugal (Ruy Jorge): Soares, Gomes, T. Arauzo, Vega, Rodríguez (46′ Buta), Marquez (63′ M. Fernandes), Souza, Bernardo, Conceição (79′ E. Arauzo), Silva (63′ Thomas), Forbes (46′ Morais).

Greece (Nikos Papadopoulos): Tzolakis, Tourkohoritis (46′ Kosidis), Constantopoulos, Kostis, Kitsos, Zouglis (61′ Darelas), Metaxas (61′ Karaperis), Kourfalidis, Kryparakos, Sourlis (84′ Belevonis), Koutsias (61′ Niarchos).

In the other group games, Croatia won 2-0 Belarus, while the Faroe Islands were victorious (0-1) from the headquarters of Andorra.

The score of the 2nd group:

Source: Sport Fm

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