2023-07-02 00:15:03
On a collision course in the poster game of these U21 Euro quarter-finals, Portugal and England come to this challenge after moralizing triumphs – due to the importance of the triumph and the value of the opponent -, but in clearly different moments.
A false start against Georgia and a second game where the draw seriously threatened Portuguese ambitions, forced Rui Jorge’s team to use their hearts as their strongest force to seal the passage.
Struggling to implement the game principles expected in the competition’s antechamber and, faced with a dominant Três Leões team during the group stage, it will come as no surprise if Portugal opts for a more compact nature and looking for the counterattack.
With the group at full strength, no changes are expected in a team that is clearly coming off the most moralizing performance since being on Georgian soil, and it is likely that the same choices will be Rui Jorge’s option.
After several changes promoted in the duel against Germany, Lee Carsley, coach of the English, should return to an eleven very close to the one he presented in the first two challenges.
With Angel Gomes almost certain in the initial choices, the biggest doubt arises on the attacking front, where both Anthony Gordon and Smith Rowe have performed with distinction, accompanying the untouchable, Noni Madueke.
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