Denmark advances comfortably while the Netherlands reach the last eight after Ukraine’s confrontation

Denmark and the Netherlands advanced to the quarterfinals of the U21 European Championships, while Ukraine and Finland were eliminated when group D came to their conclusion on Wednesday.

The passage of the Danish to the last eight had already secured before the launch, after successive victories against the Netherlands and Ukraine.

But Steffen Hojer’s side made sure that they remained unbeaten towards the knockout phase, although he launched a two -goal lead in Kosice.

Conrad Harder scored a little, but Finland was a brave comeback for nine minutes in the second half, Naatan Skytta in the middle of the deficit in the 73rd minute before topping Keskinen Aniviva at the 82nd.

Thus, the battle was fought for the runners -up between the Netherlands and Ukraine, with the former emerging victory of goals in the middle of Luciano Valente and Thom Van Bergen.

Oranje ended with the game a player when your reeger was fired with less than 10 minutes, but the Netherlands remained and will face Portugal on Saturday.

As group winners, Denmark went against France for a place in the last four.

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Meanwhile, the fate of those in group B was also decided as the headlines of the England Tournament, fell into a 2-1 defeat in Germany, but still qualified for the next round, where they will be in Spain in a repetition of the final of 2023.

The victory for Germany made sure that they became the only side of the competition to collect the highest points and will enter the last eight a serious contestant to go all the way.

There was a little likelihood that Slovenia could progress, in the event that the three lions would lose and could override a lower goal difference against Czech.

However, it rarely seemed to happen, as Checia won the winners 2-0 thanks to the goals of the second half of Daniel Fila and Vaclav Sejk.