Portugal were defeated 1-0 by Italy this Sunday in the final of the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship held in La Valletta, Malta, failing to win the trophy they lifted in 2018.
At the Ta’Kali National Stadium, the Portuguese team, having won all the games before the final, including the crushing Italy (5:1) in the group stage, conceded the only goal of the match in the 19th minute. , scored by transalpine striker Michael Kayode.
The Portuguese team, which only once, in 2018, also in the final with Italy, became the European Under-19 Champion, was defeated by the Transalpines in the decisive game, as it was already in 2003, and now has five finals lost in the competition, and the Italians raise the scepter a second time.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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