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U21 European Youth Championship! 1-0, 10 players in the Netherlands eliminated Portugal, 84 minutes of winning, Poku scored a stunning goal

2:12pm, 27 June 2025Football

U21 European Youth Championship quarterfinals, Portugal's U21 team faces the Netherlands' U21 team.

Portugal won 2 wins and 1 draw in the group stage, including draws with France, defeats Poland and Georgia, while the Netherlands won 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the group stage, including draws with Finland, loss to Denmark, and defeats Ukraine. It can be seen that Portugal is in better condition than the Netherlands. The national teams of the same level of both sides have faced each other for the last six times, and Portugal has been at the upper hand, because Portugal has achieved a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in these six matches, so more than 50% of fans were full of confidence in Portugal's defeat to the Netherlands before the game.

In the 21st minute of the first half, Ruben Van Bomel tackled the opponent's player and was sent off after receiving a red card, resulting in one less player in the Netherlands.

11 minutes later, Thiago created a point, Kunda took the penalty and hit the left post and bounced out, and the Dutch team escaped.

5 minutes later, Manchfee scored a low shot in the small penalty area. Unfortunately, his teammates were offside first, resulting in the goal being blown away, and Portugal escaped.

In the 84th minute, Mattson made a wonderful pass, Poku broke into the penalty area alone, and passed the opponent's goalkeeper and shot the empty goal to help the Dutch team win.

In the end, the Netherlands eliminated Portugal and advanced to the semi-finals.

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