UEFA European Under-21 Championship

FT Tuesday, June 27, 2017
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Match Report

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Saul Niguez guides Spain under-21s past 10-man Italy and into final

Saul Niguez scored a second-half hat trick to fire Spain into the final of the European Under-21 Championship with a 3-1 victory over 10-man Italy.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
6
3
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
4
32.7
Possession
67.3
13
SHOTS
20
5
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
214
Accurate Passes
510
272
Passes
582
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
1
16
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.1
41
Long Balls
52
19
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
9
6
Effective Tackles
14
19
Tackles
17
0.3
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
18
22
Clearances
18

Head to Head

ESP leads series 1-0

Lineups

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 5Jesús VallejoCD-L
  3. 4Jorge MeréCD-R
  4. 19JonnyLB
  5. 2Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 22Marcos LlorenteCM
  7. 6Dani CeballosLM
  8. 8Saúl ÑíguezRM
  9. 12SandroF
  10. 7Gerard DeulofeuLF
  11. 11Marco AsensioRF

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 4Daniele RuganiCD-L
  3. 13Mattia CaldaraCD-R
  4. 3Antonio BarrecaLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 18Roberto GagliardiniCM
  7. 6Lorenzo PellegriniLM
  8. 15Marco BenassiRM
  9. 11Andrea PetagnaF
  10. 20Federico ChiesaLF
  11. 10Federico BernardeschiRF

Timeline

  1. 45'+1' Marco Benassi (Italy U21) Yellow Card at 46'
  2. 50' Roberto Gagliardini (Italy U21) Yellow Card at 50'
  3. 53' Saúl Ñíguez (Spain U21) Goal at 53'
  4. 56' Davide Calabria (Italy U21) Yellow Card at 56'
  5. 58' Roberto Gagliardini (Italy U21) Red Card at 58'
  6. 61' Manuel Locatelli (Italy U21) Substitution at 62'
  7. 62' Federico Bernardeschi (Italy U21) Goal at 62'
  8. 65' Saúl Ñíguez (Spain U21) Goal at 65'
  9. 72' Alberto Cerri (Italy U21) Substitution at 72'
  10. 74' Saúl Ñíguez (Spain U21) Goal at 74'
  11. 77' Alberto Cerri (Italy U21) Yellow Card at 77'
  12. 78' Iñaki Williams (Spain U21) Substitution at 78'
  13. 83' Denis Suárez (Spain U21) Substitution at 83'
  14. 87' Luca Garritano (Italy U21) Substitution at 87'
  15. 89' Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain U21) Substitution at 89'

EURO Under-21 News

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