Germany U21 and Portugal U21 are playing at Stozice Stadium in the U21 Euro Cup finals. Germany is undefeated in their last 9 games, while they are on a 2-game winning streak. Portugal is in fantastic form, and they are on a 12-game winning streak.
After finishing the group stage with only 1 win in this competition, Germany went on to beat Denmark after the penalty shootout. In their last game against Netherlands in the semifinals, Germany has had 40% of ball possession, 6 shots on goal, 0 corner kicks, 1 big chance created, and 79% of the correct passes. Germany has had a fantastic first 10 minutes of this game when they scored 2 goals, but they were under a lot of pressure after that. Germany has defended well for the rest of the game, and they have won this game 1-2. Nmecha is still the leading goalscorer for Germany with 3 goals while Wirtz and Baku added 2 goals each. Germany has beaten some tough opponents on their journey to the finals, but now it’s the time to step up and to play their best game yet, and they will need it.
Portugal has been absolutely brilliant, and they have nothing but wins in this tournament. Portugal has scored 12 goals in total in this tournament while conceding only 3 goals. All of this is just going in favor of what I said before, Portugal is the best youth team in the world. In the semifinals, Portugal was playing against Spain, and even though they had 44% of ball possession, 1 shot on goal, 3 corner kicks, 0 big chances created, and 86% of the correct passes. Portugal has scored a goal in the 80th minute, and they have won this match 0-1. Mota, Trincao, and Conceicao are the leading goalscorers for Portugal with 2 goals each. Portugal has been on fire, and not just in this tournament because their winning streak has been going on for a while now, and I gotta say, they absolutely deserve to be here. As we can see, Portugal’s defense has been fantastic in this tournament, and they have been under a lot of pressure against Spain. Portugal is the favorite here, at least in my mind, but that doesn’t mean they can relax and not take this game seriously, because if they do, it will cost them a lot.
Germany and Portugal have played 5 games against each other, and Portugal has won all 5 of those games. Germany might be undefeated in their last 9 games, but Portugal is on a 12-game winning streak. We are getting a fantastic price on the better team here, and that is Portugal.