Games of the day at the European Under-21 Championship – 3 expulsions in Spain – Italy – Sport

Group B: 0 goals, 3 dismissals in the classic

Towards the end of the match, things got very ugly between Spain and Italy. After a grab in the face of a rival, the Italian Gianluca Scamacca was sent off with the traffic light card. In the ensuing battle of words, Spaniard Oscar Mingueza was carried away into the assault, before Nicolo Rovella, a second Italian, had to shower early. No goals were scored in the match that largely dominated Spain. The Iberians lead the table with 4 points in 2 games, followed by the Czech Republic and Italy with 2 points each.

• Slovenia 1-1 Czech Republic

Slovenia, the second host of the tournament, scored the first point in the second group match. The result was a 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic in Celje. Until shortly before the end of the match, the Slovenians sniffed 3 points. Thanks to a goal from Aljosa Matko in the 32nd minute, Milenko Acimovic’s team was 1-0 up for a long time. But in the 86th minute, Nik Prelec hit the ball into his own goal after a Czech free kick. For the Czechs it is the second draw of the tournament after the 1-1 draw against Italy.

Group A: Germany tied late

• Germany 1-1 Netherlands

Germany have a good chance of reaching the quarterfinals. In the prestigious duel with the Netherlands, Lukas Nmecha (84th) scored the last goal of the tie. “Oranje” took the lead after a serious goalkeeper error by Finn Dahmen through Justin Kluivert (48th). Germany leads the group A table with 4 points. Holland is classified in 3rd position (2 points).

Co-host Hungary was eliminated from the European Under-21 Championship. After the 3-0 loss to Germany at the start, the Magyars lost 2-1 to Romania in Budapest. Because Adrian Szöke saw the yellow-red card shortly before the end of the first half, the hosts had to act outnumbered for 45 minutes. However, Andras Csonka shot his team up front in the 56th minute. The Romanians later turned the game in their favor with goals from Alexandru Matan (70th) and Alexandru Pascanu (87th).