The Portuguese under-21 soccer team debuted this Wednesday in the European category with a 2-0 defeat against the hosts Georgia, in a match corresponding to the first day of Group A, played in Tbilisi.
Against a team making its debut in the final phase of the Under-21 Euro Cup, the Portuguese team, runners-up in the title, surprised in the first half, arriving at half-time already losing 2-0, after goals from Gagua. , at 37 minutes, and Sazonov, at 45+1, in a game in which Portugal ended up reduced to 10, after the expulsion of Tomás Araújo, at 76, for bringing down an opponent who was left isolated.
In the other game of this first round of the group, Belgium and the Netherlands drew 0-0, so Georgia leads with three points, followed by Belgium and the Netherlands with one, while Portugal is fourth, without any points.
In the next round, scheduled for June 24, Portugal will face the Netherlands.
Source: TSF
