Croatia will be Spain’s rival in the semifinals

The Croatian team will be next Wednesday, at 5:30 p.m., the rival of Spain in the semifinals of the U19 European Championship in Wales after beating Serbia 0-3 this Sunday.

A rout that helped the Balkan team snatch second place in group B from a Italy for which it was enough to tie this Sunday with Ukraine to access the semifinals.

But those of Alberto Bollini They could not overcome a solid Ukraine that closed the first phase with full victories after beating the transalpines 1-0 this Sunday with a goal from the midfielder Bogdan Olychenkoplayer of the Bayern Munich, after half an hour of play,

Croatia, second on goal difference

This setback was not wasted by Croatia to snatch second place in group B from the Italian team due to better goal difference, after beating Serbia 3-0 this Sunday with goals from Lovro Chelfi, Dino Godec and Patrice Covicwhich rounded out the score at 87 minutes with a penalty.

The win allowed the Croatian team to add its first victory in the final phase of the European Championship in Wales, after losing 1-3 against Ukraine on the first day and drawing 0-0 on the second with Italy.

Numbers that pale in comparison to the forcefulness of the Spanish team, which not only counts its matches in the tournament as victories, but has not given the slightest option to its rivals, as witnessed by the 0-7 score by which it defeated Wales, the 0-3 score by which it beat Denmark and 4-0 because they beat Germany.

The German team will precisely be Ukraine’s rival in the other semifinal of the tournament.