Belgium Secures Victory in Euro U21 2025 Qualifications; Eyes Spot in Euro Tournament

The Diablotins lacked success in front of the Maltese goal for a long time but finally made the difference from a corner from the right. Arne Engels found the head of Vermant, who resisted the defender’s shoulder well to open the scoring (40th). Belgium hit the nail on the head as soon as they returned from the locker room. Malick Fofana took advantage of a risky recovery from the opposing defense to recover the ball on the left and the ball quickly traveled to the right, Vermant ending up shifting Steuckers in depth for a good finish from Trudonnaire (47th).

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Malta reduced the score thanks to a penalty on which Andrea Zammit wrong-footed Marteen Vandevoordt (63rd). At the end of the match, Olaigbe went to score the break goal alone and powerfully, eliminating the entire defense with an acceleration, concluded with a right-footed strike into the opposite net (90th + 1).

In the standings of Group B, Belgium remains third, tied on points (13) with Scotland. At the same time, the latter made short work of Kazakhstan (4-1). Both teams also have the same number of points as Spain, but they have played one match less. The Spaniards will host the Diablotins on Tuesday evening in Almeria. Behind, Hungary, fourth, is points behind. Malta are sixth and last with six defeats in as many matches.

The first in the group is directly qualified for the Euro as well as the three best runners-up (out of nine). The other runners-up then compete in the play-offs.

2024-03-21 21:07:00
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