La Rojita came through a thrilling semi-final tie against Germany, while the Netherlands made light work of Romania in their last-four outing.<\/p>\n
Match preview<\/p>\n
Spain have a strong history in their tournament, having lifted the European Under-19 Championship on nine occasions, including in last year\u2019s competition in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
They are now just one game away from retaining the trophy after successfully navigating their way to the final in Bucharest.<\/p>\n
La Rojita kicked off the tournament with a narrow 1-0 win over Denmark, before they recorded comfortable victories over Romania and Montenegro to finish top of Group A with a 100% record.<\/p>\n
Spain were made to work much harder in their dramatic last-four clash against Germany, which saw Real Betis\u2019 Pablo Garcia<\/strong><\/a> net a second-half hat-trick, including goals in the 91st and 93rd minutes to establish a 3-2 lead, only for a late own goal to send the tie to extra time.<\/p>\n Tomas Marques and Jan Virgili went on to score on either side of a Max Moerstedt<\/strong><\/a> brace to make it 5-5, before Garcia netted his fourth goal of the game to clinch a sensational 6-5 victory, sealing a place in the final and extending Spain\u2019s unbeaten run to eight matches.<\/p>\n The current crop of youngsters may draw inspiration from the fact that Spain have won each of their last five finals since they lost 2-1 to France in the 2010 Under-19 Euros.<\/p>\n The Netherlands are on the brink of history, as they look to win the European Under-19 Championship for the very first time.<\/p>\n Their previous best performance took place in 2017 when they progressed to the semi-final stage, only to suffer a narrow defeat to Portugal.<\/p>\n As a result, the Dutch are now preparing for their first final appearance, after they followed a strong group stage performance with a dominant display against tournament hosts Romania in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n After dispatching Germany via a 3-0 scoreline, the Netherlands went on to record 2-0 and 4-2 victories over Norway and England respectively, securing top spot in Group B with a perfect set of results.<\/p>\n Ajax\u2019s Don-Angelo Konadu opened the scoring in Monday\u2019s semi-final, before AZ Alkmaar\u2019s Kees Smit<\/strong><\/a> netted a brace to give his side a three-goal cushion, and while Barbu pulled a goal back for Romania, the Dutch stood firm for the remainder of the contest to ease through to the final.<\/p>\n Impressively, the Netherlands have now won eight of their previous nine matches (D1) since they suffered their most recent defeat to Portugal in October.<\/p>\n Spain Under-19s form (all competitions):<\/p>\n W D W W W W<\/p>\n Netherlands Under-19s form (all competitions):<\/p>\n D W W W W W\u00a0<\/p>\n Team News<\/p>\n Despite shipping five goals in the semi-final, Spain boss Paco Gallardo<\/strong><\/a> is likely to keep faith with a back four of Alexis Olmedo, Jon Martin, Andres Cuenca and Daniel Munoz<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Barcelona’s Marques is pushing for a recall after coming off the bench to score in Sunday\u2019s victory over Germany.<\/p>\n Spain are likely to line up with the same front three of Garcia, Omar Janneh and Antonio Cordero, although the latter is facing competition from Virgili.<\/p>\n As for the Netherlands, head coach Martijn Reuser is set to stick with the same team that started the commanding win over Romania.<\/p>\n Smit will continue to offer a goal threat from midfield, having scored in all four games in the Netherlands\u2019 run to the final.<\/p>\n Konadu will be looking to score in a third consecutive appearance when he leads the line alongside Ayoub Oufkir<\/strong><\/a> and Aymen Sliti<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Spain Under-19s possible starting lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n Jimenez; Olmedo, Martin, Cuenca, Munoz; Marcos, Merino, Monserrate; Garcia, Janneh, Cordero<\/p>\n Netherlands Under-19s possible starting lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n Heerkens; Read, Ugwu, Janse, Djikstra; Verkuijl, Smit, Land; Oufkir, Sliti, Konadu<\/p>\n We say: Spain Under-19s 2-3 Netherlands Under-19s<\/p>\n Spain may be struggling with fatigue after going to extra time against Germany, while the Netherlands should be fresh following a comfortable win over Romania, especially as Reuser made three changes just before the hour mark with one eye on the final.<\/p>\n With that in mind, we think the Netherlands will outlast Spain to record a narrow victory to lift their first-ever European Under-19 Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Netherlands](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kees-smit-685b1942ac99d4485755.webp\"\/)
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