Review: Final stage UEFA U19 European Championship 2008

SEMIFINALS

Italy vs Hungary

Italy (4-3-3): Vincenzo Fiorillo; Matteo Darmian, Matteao Gentili, Massimiliano Tagliani, Michelangelo Albertazzi; Andrea Poli, Giovanni Formiconi (Fernando Martin Forestieri), Silvano Raggio Garibaldi; Alberto Paloschi (Umberto Eusepi), Stefano Okaka Chuka, Giacomo Bonaventura

Hungary (4-2-3-1): Péter Gulácsi; Adrián Szekeres, Zsolt Korcsmár, András Debreceni, Ádám Présinger; András Gál, Attila Busai (Bálint Bajner); András Gosztonyi, Vlagyimir Komán, László Szabó; Krisztián Németh

Scoreboard: 1-0
Goals: Forestieri 64´

Germany vs Czech Republic

Germany (4-4-1-1): Ron-Robert Zieler; Dennis Diekmeier, Florian Jungwirth, Stefan Reinartz, Björn Kopplin; Marcel Risse, Lars Bender, Sven Bender (Danny Latza), Savio Nsereko; Timo Gebhart (Mario Vrancic); Deniz Naki (Richard Sukuta-Pasu)

Czech Republic (4-4-1-1): Tomáš Vaclík; Radim Řezník, Roman Brunclík, Jan Polák, Jakub Heidenreich; Jan Vošahlík, Lukáš Mareček, Jan Hable (Petr Reinberk), Jan Lecjaks (Petr Wojnar); Jan Morávek (Martin Zeman); Tomáš Necid

Scoreboard: 2-1
Goals: Risse 18´, Necid 23´, Sukuta-Pasu 118´

SEMIFINALS BEST TEAM

Formation 4-4-2: Vincenzo Fiorillo; Dennis Diekmeier, Matteao Gentili, Florian Jungwirth, Michelangelo Albertazzi; Marcel Risse, Jan Hable, Attila Busai, Fernando Martin Forestieri; Tomáš Necid, Krisztián Németh

Subs: Péter Gulácsi, Roman Brunclík, Jan Lecjaks, Giacomo Bonaventura, Richard Sukuta-Pasu

One by one

Vincenzo Fiorillo: A very solid, agile and confident goalkeeper. Has a balanced body and great reflexes, he is very secure in aerial game. Quick movements, clears the ball if he is overwhelmed with work. Has personality and a strong character.

Dennis Diekmeier: Very offensive and intelligent right back, with and without ball. Loves to go forward and makes field wider. His crosses are very interesting, he also has a very good individual technique. Needs to improve his individual deffence.

Matteao Gentili: Elegant full back, has good physic and technique, is able to play the ball from his position with criteria, doesn´t like to raffle it. However, he lacks of a bit of speed in large distances and suffers when he goes out of his place in the pitch.

Florian Jungwirth: Strong, serious, aggresive, calmed central back. He is very selfless and always tries to do the better for the team. Acceptable technique, can move forward with the ball if he considers it aproppiate. Always looking to help teammates, is the captain of his team. A rock.

Michelangelo Albertazzi: Very strong and physic left back. Accepatble individual technique, doesn´t get complicated when he has ball possession. He isn´t afraid of colliding with other players, his speed is quite good aswell. Needs to gain pace, maybe his game style is too physic.

Marcel Risse: Dinamic, balanced and complete right winger. Good technique, quick movements, hard-working, selfless, involved. His crosses to area are also very interesting, he has individual skills to be important for the team. Constant and with great aerobic capacity. Excellent team player, maybe he lacks of a bit of imagination with the ball.

Jan Hable: Deffensive central miedfileder, prefers to be the only one to do the most deffensive work in the centre. Makes sacrifices for the team, he is very aggresive and covers lot of distance in each match. Does necessary tactical fouls, has very good tackling, gives help to teammates. Balanced and strong, has an acceptable technique, however prefers other to distribute the ball and go forward to attack.

Attila Busai: He puts oneself very well inside the pitch, mainly always is in the right place. Tall and strong, has a great stride, however he lacks of some movement speed. Likes to sum to attack, his mid and large distance shot is very deangerous. Has criteria with ball possession, control both short and long passing skills. Calmed, doesn´t get complicated when he is in trouble.

Fernando Martin Forestieri: Small and quick forward or winger. Very techinique and bold player, always tries to beat his defender using his individual skills. Dummy and great dribbling. However, he hasn´t got too much force and needs to improve his game reading to be more decisive, sometimes he is too individualist.

Tomáš Necid: A great reference striker, mainly all attacking balls of the Czech Republic searched him. Very dangerous in aerial balls and hitting the crosses from free kicks. Strong, powerful and intelligent in the pitch, knows how to get goal chances. Can play both face and back to goal. However, he lacks of a bit of technique -he isn´t bad in this aspect either- and speed movements, especially in long distances.

Krisztián Németh: Super intelligent striker, understands the game and knows what he has to do in every moment to damage the rival team. Outstanding skill to lose defender´s marker, always tries to go ahead or get the back of the defender who is nearest him. Very good technique and passing ability, enjoys doing combinations with teammates. Excellent hitting the cross straight into the goal, has goal and a very dangerous shot. Dinamic, quick, hard-working. Involves in team defensive game, he is always ready to put pressure on the opponent.


FINAL

Germany vs Italy

Germany (4-4-1-1): Ron-Robert Zieler; Dennis Diekmeier, Florian Jungwirth, Stefan Reinartz, Björn Kopplin; Marcel Risse (Danny Latza), Lars Bender, Sven Bender (Ömer Toprak), Deniz Naki (Bastian Oczipka); Timo Gebhart; Richard Sukuta-Pasu

Italy (4-3-3): Vincenzo Fiorillo; Matteo Darmian, Matteao Gentili, Massimiliano Tagliani, Matteo Bruscagin; Andrea Poli (Giacomo Bonaventura), Andrea Mazzarani, Silvano Raggio Garibaldi; Alberto Paloschi (Fabio Zamblera), Stefano Okaka Chuka, Fernando Martin Forestieri

Scoreboard: 3-1
Goals: Lars Bender 23´, Sukuta-Pasu 60´, Raggio Garibaldi 77´, Gebhart 79´

IDEAL TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT

Formation 4-4-2: Tomáš Vaclík; Dennis Diekmeier, Florian Jungwirth, Matteao Gentili, Ryan Bertrand; Timo Gebhart, Attila Busai, Lars Bender, Jordi Alba; Deniz Naki, Krisztián Németh

Subs: Péter Gulácsi, Mikel Sanjosé, Ignacio Camacho, Marcel Risse, Alberto Paloschi

BEST PLAYER: Deniz Naki

Written by Joan Peris, 5 August 2008. hoeman5beta@hotmail.com

Review: 3rd leg UEFA U19 European Championship 2008

MATCHES VIEWED:

Italy vs Czech Republic

Czech Republic (4-4-2): Tomáš Vaclík; Radim Řezník, Jan Polák, Miroslav Štěpánek, Jan Lecjaks; Petr Reinberk (Petr Wojnar), Lukáš Mareček, Jan Morávek, Martin Zeman; Jan Vošahlík (Libor Kozák), Tomáš Necid

Italy (4-3-3): Vincenzo Fiorillo; Giovanni Formiconi (Domenico Marchetti), Matteo Darmian, Matteo Bruscagin, Michelangelo Albertazzi; Andrea Poli, Andrea Mazzarani, Silvano Raggio Garibaldi; Alberto Paloschi (Domenico Marchetti), Stefano Okaka Chuka, Fernando Martin Forestieri (Giacomo Bonaventura)

Scoreboard: 4-3
Goals: Poli 21´, Necid 22´, Bonaventura 56´, Moravek 57´, Paloschi 70´, Poli 79´, Moravek 85´

Germany vs Hungary

Germany (4-4-1-1): Ron-Robert Zieler; Dennis Diekmeier, Florian Jungwirth, Stefan Reinartz (Ömer Toprak), Björn Kopplin; Marcel Risse, Lars Bender (Danny Latza), Sven Bender, Savio Nsereko (Bastian Oczipka); Timo Gebhart; Deniz Naki

Hungary (4-2-3-1): Péter Pokorni; Adrián Szekeres, Dániel Lengyel, András Debreceni, Ádám Présinger; András Gál, Bence Iszlai (Attila Busai); Bálint Bajner (Olivér Nagy) (András Gosztonyi), Márk Nikházi, László Szabó; András Simon

Scoreboard: 2-1
Goals: Reinartz 35´, Simon 73´, Risse 75´

OTHER MATCHES

England-Greece 3-0 (Benjamin Mee, Frederick Sears, Daniel Sturridge)
Spain-Bulgaria 4-0 (Aarón Ñíguez, Emilio Nsue, Emilio Nsue, Fran Mérida)

3RD LEG BEST TEAM

Formation 4-3-3: Tomáš Vaclík; Dennis Diekmeier, Florian Jungwirth, András Debreceni, Björn Kopplin; Andrea Poli, Lars Bender, Jan Morávek; Alberto Paloschi, Tomáš Necid, Deniz Naki

Subs: Vincenzo Fiorillo, Matteo Darmian, Bence Iszlai, Marcel Risse, Stefano Okaka Chuka

One by one

Tomáš Vaclík: He received four goals, but he couldn´t do much more in any of them. Impressive physic, excellent placing down the goal, quick movements, always alert to game, agile. Goes to floor without hesitation and defendes very well 1x1 against rival attackers. Very complete goalkeeper, gives lot of confidence to the team.

Dennis Diekmeier: Right back, less offensive than other days, he is decisive in Germany form his position. Lot of criteria with and without the ball, excellent passing ability, likes to arrive to end of pitch and pass back for second line teammates to reach ball with less opposition. Inteligent, able to send very good crosses.

Florian Jungwirth: Strong, hard and concentrated central defender, with good speed and aerial game, can collide with an opponent without dilema. However, he is a clean player and always tries to get the ball, if not is intelligent to make tactical fouls. Achieve success without showing off. Sometimes he needs to be more careful with the space he leaves at his back.

András Debreceni: Solid, tall and calmed full back. A mid-level team player, always gives his best inside the field and does not get complicated. Hasn´t got a high speed, however he does it quite well in short distances, suffers much more with advanced defense. Likes to advance the striker and is sticky in coverage.

Björn Kopplin: Is playing as left back, can do it also in the right side, his natural position. Quick, active and aggresive, gives all what he has in the pitch, lacks of a bit of quality with ball.

Andrea Poli: Offensive miedfielder with great technique and passing ability, enjoys going forward and has a good shot. Intelligent, active and aggresive without ball, lot of criteria and quality with it. Magnificent ball touch, selfless, quick, very skillfull. Receives lot of fouls. Needs to gain regularity, gain deffensive strength and improve his physic, however, he knows how to use it quite well.

Lars Bender: Very efficient and secure central miedfilder. Has remarkably vision and doesn´t risk balls, is rare to see him losing one. Contributes in both deffensive and offensive ways, he is involved in game. Dinamic and with very good individual technique. Enjoys playing the easier, which is very beneficial for his team.

Jan Morávek: Central miedfielder who prefers attacking and being near opposing area. Very good individual technique and vision, can give a teammate a assist in any moment. Balanced, also enjoys arriving to area in movement and shooting. Good distributor and quick, needs to improve his deffensive level.

Alberto Paloschi: Very intelligent striker, he is a specialist losing one's marker, his movements always create problems to adversary defenses. Mobile and with outstanding technique, doesn´t think too much when he can shoot and has goal. Quick and decisve, nevertheless he is intermittent, a player of brilliant appearances.

Tomáš Necid: Very useful team striker. Excellent body, can play right to goal or giving the back and taking down the ball for a teammate to get benefit of the situation. Knows how to create goal opportunities, however lacks of some quality in last metres. His technique isn´t the best.

Deniz Naki: Awesome player, he is going to be a football star. Mobile, with otstanding individual technique and vision. Provokes lot of fouls in each game, he is very skilful and has many resources. In any moment can decide a match. Physically balanced, flexible and quick. Intelligent, with interesting shot and killer instinct. Doesn´t help too much deffensively.

Written by Joan Peris, 21 July 2008. hoeman5beta@hotmail.com

Review: 1st leg UEFA U19 European Championship 2008

MATCHES VIEWED:

England vs Czech Republic

England (4-4-2): David Button; Jack Cork, James Tomkins, Krystian Pearce, Ryan Bertrand; Scott Sinclair (Tope Obadeyi), Daniel Gosling (Jamie Chandler), Kieran Gibbs, Daniel Rose; Daniel Sturridge, Frederick Sears

Czech Republic (4-4-2): Tomáš Vaclík; Radim Řezník, Roman Brunclík, Jan Polák, Jakub Heidenreich; Petr Reinberk, Jan Morávek, Jan Hable (Lukáš Mareček), Martin Zeman (Miroslav Štěpánek); Jan Vošahlík (Jan Lecjaks), Tomáš Necid

Scoreboard: 0-2
Goals: Necid 54´, Necid 58´

Spain vs Germany

Spain (4-2-3-1): David de Gea; César Azpilicueta, César Ortiz, Mikel Sanjosé, José María Antón; Ignacio Camacho (Miguel Ángel Luque), Daniel Parejo; Aarón Ñíguez (Manuel Castellano Lillo), Daniel Aquino (Iván Bolado), Jordi Alba; Emilio Nsue

Germany (4-4-1-1): Ron-Robert Zieler; Dennis Diekmeier, Florian Jungwirth, Stefan Reinartz, Ömer Toprak (Björn Kopplin); Marcel Risse, Sven Bender, Danny Latza, Savio Nsereko; Timo Gebhart; Richard Sukuta-Pasu (Rahman Soyudogru)

Scoreboard: 1-2
Goals: Sukuta-Pasu 7´, Toprak 56´, Alba 66´

OTHER MATCHES:

Hungary-Bulgaria 1-0 (Krisztián Németh)
Italy-Greece 1-1 (Alberto Paloschi; Michail Pavlis)


1ST LEG BEST TEAM

Formation 4-4-1-1: Tomáš Vaclík; Dennis Diekmeier, Roman Brunclík, Mikel Sanjosé, Ryan Bertrand; Marcel Risse, Danny Latza, Daniel Parejo, Martin Zeman; Timo Gebhart; Tomáš Necid.

Subs: Ron-Robert Zieler, Radim Řezník, Florian Jungwirth, Jordi Alba, Daniel Sturridge

One by one

Tomáš Vaclík: Superb goalkeeper. Excellent in all aspects. He is tall, big and quick. Very secure and with lot of confidence in his possibilities, has great reflexes and handles the ball, doesn´t like to let the opponents a second chance. Dominates aerial balls. Future excellent goalkeeper, he will become a world star.

Dennis Diekmeier: Dinamic and balanced right back. Likes to go upwards, he is quick and has good technique, his crosses are very interesting. Selfless, however he needs to improve his deffence.

Roman Brunclík: A very solid full back. Very strong and tall, powerful and agressive, doesn´t like to make life difficult for oneself when the opponent pressures him.

Mikel Sanjosé: Great physic and good technique, can play the ball with criteria form his position. Strong and with rank, he likes to assume responsabilities. Needs to improve his placing in the field, also be more careful with his back.

Ryan Bertrand: Dinamic and offensive left back. Likes to join attack, is quick and has good technique. However, he has to try to assume more responsabilities and be more decisive. Good team player, also needs to improve individual deffence.

Marcel Risse: Excelent team right winger. Attacks and defends, run lot of metres in each game, helps a lot the right back. Very intelligent, has a good individual technique and knows how to play with teammates. Interesting crosses, contributes making "bigger" the pitch.

Daniel Parejo: Elegant and technique offensive miedfielder. Very good distributor, has an excellent ball touch and great vision. However is too cold and defends very badly, lacks of intensity, something that he needs to improve if he wants to be an outstanding football player.

Danny Latza: Deffensive central miedfielder, his job is to make sacrifices for other to shine. Tactical fouls, coverages, helps, ball intercepts. Technically is a common player, his work isn´t the creative one. Very good aerobic capacity.

Martin Zeman: Electric, quick and slippery left wing, has some interesting skills and loves to face up defenders. Quite poor physically, needs more strength, aswell delays too much with ball handling, he has to try being more efficient. A remarkably free kick specialist, his aerial crosses are very dangerous.

Timo Gebhart: Strong and constant offensive miedfielder who can play in centre or right side. Likes to lead the ball and is a complete player: good technique, passing ability , ball touch and vision. Can defend and help teammates. Has personality. However sometimes is too individualist and he disappears in some stages of the game.

Tomáš Necid: A very powerful and strong striker, has goal. Does lot of interesting movements in each match, can play and hold the ball backwards without losing it. Works deffensively and always tries to help team. However, his technical ability isn´t the better, he isn´t bad in this aspect either.

Written by Joan Peris, 14 July 2008. hoeman5beta@hotmail.com