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Key moments
A little bit of the match
This is a video of the quarter-final match between Portugal and the Netherlands, showing some of the plays and the atmosphere in the stadium.
And the match ends!
Miraculously, the Netherlands team took the victory and are in the semifinal. After Portugal tried everything they could, Ernest Poku's counterattack was enough to give the Netherlands a semi-final berth.
92 Yellow card for Portugal
Moreirense midfielder Pedro Santos was cautioned after losing his wires and fouling the Dutch national team player.
Also, Noah Ohio entered the field
Van Bergen left the field
87 Change for Portugal
A very offensive change
Wolverhampton right winger Rodrigo Gomes comes in.
Familicao left back Rodrigo Pinheiro comes off the bench for the last 5 minutes
85 Goal for Netherlands!!
Incredibly, the team that was playing with a player less scored the first goal in the last minutes of the match. A great through ball from Maatsen to striker Ernest Poku who ran into the box, beat Samuel Soares, and slotted the ball into the net.
80 Changes for both teams
Netherlands
Million Manhoef is out
Ernest Poku is in
Portugal
Joao Marques comes in
Gustavo Sa is out
In comes Pedro Santos
Mateus Fernandes is out
73 Portugal can't do much
63 Change for Portugal
Midfielder and captain of the Portuguese national team Paulo Bernardo leaves the field.
Right winger Carlos Forbes enters the field.
Also, the Portuguese midfielder Gustavo Sa was given the yellow card
52 Change for Netherlands
The number 22, the midfielder Luciano Valente from Groningen is out of the field
The number 14, the left back Bjorn Meijer from Club Brugge is in the field
48 Shot from Portugal
The first shot on goal for the Portuguese national team. A very good ball into the box for the midfielder captain of the Portuguese national team, who beat defender Rensch to the goal and Roefs made a good save.
Seconds later, Kenneth Taylor from the Netherlands was given the yellow card.And the second half begins
Let's hope for a second half equal or more intense than the first, that there are many more chances on goal than in the first half, and that both teams bring out as much talent as possible.
Change for Portugal
Henrique Araujo is in the pitch
Tiago Tomas is out injured
And the first half ends
38 Shot from Netherlands!
A very good run by Million Manhoef, who broke into the box, beating the defenders with all his skill and agility, delayed the ball for striker Thom van Bergen, who shot with great power and goalkeeper Soares made a good save.
31 Portugal missed!!
30 Penalty for Portugal
A very good ball from Gustavo Sa to Tiago Tomas, who enters the box, and the captain of the Netherlands team Devyne Rensch made a very bad sweep inside the box. Rensch was cautioned.
21 Red card for Netherlands!
Left winger Van Bommel was sent off! One minute after being booked, he received a second yellow card after another foul and the referee decided to give him a second yellow card.
20 The first yellow card
The first caution of the match goes to Netherlands left winger Ruben van Bommel after a foul on a Portugal defender. He was given the yellow card because he was fouling persistently.
10 Shot from Portugal
Southampton midfielder Mateus Fernandes cleared the area, went down the middle, gave it very well to Geovany Quenda, who entered the area, shot low, but it went wide to the left side of the Dutch goalkeeper.
7 shot from Portugal
A very good play on the right flank, Geovany Quenda started with the ball, made a filtered pass to Rodrigo Pinheiro, sent a low cross, fell to Tiago Tomás who was in front of the goal, but the shot was weak.
And the match begins
Let's hope it will be a match full of emotions, a match with a high level from both teams, many goals, many saves. The thing that matters, is that there is only going to be one winner.
Tweet from Netherlands
Tweet from Portugal
Tweet from Netherlands
Tweet from Portugal
Last 5 matches for Netherlands
Netherlands 2-0 Ukraine
Netherlands 1-2 Denmark
Finland 2-2 Netherlands
Netherlands 3-0 Ivory Coast
Romania 0-2 Netherlands
Like Portugal, the last two matches were preparatory matches for the U21 European Championship.
Last 5 matches for Portugal
Portugal 5-0 Poland
Portugal 0-0 France
England 4-2 Portugal
Portugal 0-1 Romania
The last two matches were friendly matches in preparation for the U21 European Championship.
The view of Zilina
Today's referee
Today's referee will be Georgian Giga Kikacheishvilli. This referee has had little experience refereeing games, but it has been in important matches. He has been the official in 10 Conference League matches and 2 Champions League matches.
Substitutes Netherlands
These are the players that will be available for the second half
Calvin Raatsie, Dani Van den Heuvel, Annas Salah-Eddine, Bjorn Meijer, Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Wouter Goes, Antoni Milambo, Ezechiel Banzuzi, Ernest Poku, Myron van Brederode, Noah Ohio.
Substitutes Portugal
Starting XI for Netherlands
Starting XI for Portugal
Thank you very much for watching the U21 Euro quarter-final between Portugal and the Netherlands. I hope you enjoyed the live coverage, see you soon!