This Wednesday, the Portuguese under-21 soccer team debuts its ninth appearance in the final phase of the European Championship, facing debutant Georgia, co-organizer of the competition with Romania, in the opening of Group A, in Tbilisi.
Winner of the final in 1994, 2015 and 2021, the team led by Rui Jorge takes to the pitch at 8:00 p.m. local time (5:00 p.m. in Lisbon), at Estádio Boris Paichadze, in a match refereed by Norwegian Espen Eskas , which will coincide with the match between the Netherlands, champion in 2006 and 2007, and Belgium, the other adversary of the pool.
Portugal has the 23 players called up to face Georgia, the only debutant in the 24th edition of the continental tournament, which fell to the current runner-up (1-4) in September 2022, in a private match played in Covilhã.
That game sums up the history of confrontations between the two teams at this level and was the first of five attempts that the team completed from corners for the final phase, which they reached after finishing qualifying Group 4 in first place, with 28 points. .
The first two classified from each of the four teams will access the next phase of the 24th edition of the European Cup of Hope, which has 16 participants for the second consecutive time and will be held starting this Wednesday between three cities in Georgia and two in Romania, with the decision scheduled for July 8, at the Adjarabet Arena, in Batumi.
Source: TSF
