The U21 UEFA Europa League Round of 8 matches played in the early hours of Sunday morning (2) were very exciting, the same legal time 90 minutes without a win, one of the favorites, Spain U21, fought to extra time and beat Switzerland U21 2-1, while Georgia U21 and Israel U21 played a 0-0 draw, and Israel won with the exchange of 12-yard shots, and advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time.
Spain U21 opened the scoring in the 68th minute with a goal from Manchester City's Sergio Gomez, and thought they had a chance to advance, but Switzerland U21 equalized in extra time with a goal from Andoni, and needed extra time to decide the winner. Spain were always the better team, with a long-distance shot from Sam Miranda to make it 2-1. Spain U21 will meet the winner of France U21 vs Ukraine U21 in the last 4. Sajio Gomez, a member of Manchester City's 'Triple Crown', has already scored two goals in this year's U21 UEFA European Championship, and is on his way to becoming a 'Quadruple Crown winner'.
In the other match of the last 8, Georgia U21, one of the host countries, received a lot of national support, with 44,338 people attending the match, once again setting a new record for the largest attendance in a single match in the history of the U21 Europa League. The Eastern European team and Israel U21 pulled into an even tie, and after 120 minutes of play, they still could not record each other, and needed to shoot each other from 12 yards.
