Spain and Englandamong the under-21s, they will meet this Friday at The design line play a preparatory friendly match for the next European Championship in 2025. The two teams met in the final of the European Championship last year and the tension was maximum. The morbidity of Gibraltarwith the Peñón who will preside over the match, it will be the great emotion between the Spanish and the English this Friday from 6:30 p.m.
The great classic of European national teams is already the Spain-England. The last European Championship at absolute level was contested by these two teams in Berlin (with the Spanish champion) and the last European Under-21 final was also a Spain-England (on this occasion the English won). In all the lower categories they have faced each other countless times and this will be one more.
The Spanish under-21 team Saint Dénia the faces are seen again with England after this European final last year, impossible to forget. This rebound goal after a foul Cole Palmer and the Englishman’s provocation in the celebration sparked tensions between the two teams. The missed penalty Abel Ruiz Ultimately, this triggered a sad ending for the Spanish.
A Spain-England which will have little to be friendly and which will have the morbidity of playing itself a few meters from the border with Gibraltar. It is possible that many Gibraltarians will come to watch the match and cheer England. Relations with La Línea are exceptional, but the party has this point of controversy, especially after the songs of Rodri and Morata last summer: “Gibraltar is Spanish”.
Jobe Bellingham makes his debut for England
An English team that arrives at La Línea without Jarrad Branthwaite, Tino Livramento, Morgan Rogers and James Trafford which have been promoted to the absolute. They won’t be either Elliot Anderson, Callum Doyle, Jamie Gittens and Jack Hinshelwood due to injury. On the other hand, whoever is there will be Jobe Bellinghamthe brother of Jude, Real Madrid player. One of the big attractions for the England team in his first call-up for the under-21 team.
Today, two new groups of young people have emerged in both countries to aspire to continue giving titles to two of the three most successful federations at continental level in this category. Spain and England successfully qualified for the final phase of the European Championship. Both won their group, Spain with 28 points out of 30 possible and the English with 25 out of 30, conceding only one defeat against Ukraine.
The duel will allow Saint Dénia testing new players for Slovakia like Udinese striker Iker Bravowho could make his debut with the U-21s after leading the U-19s to the continental title and who against England and Denmark will try to convince the coach that he can have a place for the summer event next, especially if Samou He moved into the senior team after making the big move during this break. It is also an important moment for Matthew Joseph against England, the country where he plays at Leeds and where his father is from. At Municipal de La Línea, he had already scored a hat-trick during the previous break.
The national under-21 coach said in the match preview that England This is a team that will “demand the maximum” from both coaches and players and the duel against them is a good way to prepare for the final phase of the U21 European Championship in Slovakia next summer.
Denia was “delighted” to return to Andalusia, Cádiz and La Línea. “We will try to win the match and give victory to the people. We are going to need the support of the fans because it is a very demanding match. In addition, new players have arrived and I can’t wait to see them in a match, in the reality of our demands,” he concluded.
