European Under-19 Futsal Final: Spain 6-2 Portugal (ap)
Hosts Spain were tied twice during the 4th minute of the game against Portugal in the final of the UEFA European Under-19 Futsal Championship, but then gave no chance in extra time and reclaimed the title with a record attendance of 3067 at the Olivo Arena in Jaen.
The title in a nutshell: Spain revalidates
Spain took the lead with just 62 seconds. Jorge Carrasco caught the ball on the right, turned around and shot straight from a tight angle. The consenters who have the chance to fit in, the after, several- and it was for Portugal to get to do it, then, and it was for Portugal to 2- and it went to Portugal to get to do it.
Albert Ortas brought down Kutchy inside the Spanish area and Rúben Teixeira converted with the consequent penalty. Next, the selection will not take more minutes to mark. Rúben Teixeira saw a pass intercepted by Ortas, who played for Juan Moreno and he threw the ball into the back of the net.
The story was not in the second half, with Spain enjoying several opportunities to extend the lead and hit the Portuguese goalkeeper before Portugal reached the equalizer already close to the 40th minute, thanks to an own goal from Ion Cerviño .
Spain had already gone into extra time against Poland in the semi-finals and, as they had done in that game on Thursday, scored immediately after extra time. Rivera took a corner and Álex García shot in. On top of the extra time break, Spain reached the two goals advantage, scoring through Rivera and Portugal had no answer, despite having tried everything for everything. The home team then took the opportunity to score twice more, by Ion Cerviño and Ordoñez.
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Adrián Rivera, captain of Spain: “We knew that the first two games didn’t reflect how difficult it would be to win this EURO and they would work very hard in our last three games. and it’s great for futsal that they came in size. Without them we wouldn’t have won.”
Key stats
- Pablo Ordoñez and Nicolás Marrón finished as the top scorers of the competition, with five goals, equaling the record of compatriots Adrián Rodríguez and Antonio Pérez, top scorers of the 2019 edition. Nicolás was the only player from Spain present in 2022 to have also been part of the who was offered the trophy in 2019.
- Spain scored 32 goals in this finals, eight more than they had scored in Riga.
- Spain had to play extra time in both the semi-finals and the final, scoring seven goals without an answer (after reaching the end of the 40 minutes tied 2-2 in both games).
- A total of 99 goals were scored in this final stage, 19 more than in 2019.
- The final between Spain and Portugal surrounds with the presence of 3067 spectators, a new record of the competition.