Valencia CF23 July 2024

Yarek Gasiorowski and Raul Jimenez advance to U19 European Championship semifinals

Spain will face Italy of former Valencia CF player Bernardo Corradi

Valencia CF players Yarek Gasiorowski and Raúl Jiménez have qualified for the semifinals of the U-19 European Championship after drawing in the last match of Group B against France. With this qualification they also get a place for the U-20 World Cup in Chile.

The Spanish team came in second place with 5 points after one win (against Denmark) and two draws (Turkey and France), behind the French team itself, which scored 7 points with two wins (Turkey and Denmark) and a draw (Spain).

One of the players who is standing out the most during this U-19 European Championship is the Valencianista central defender, Yarek. The player from Polinyà del Xúquer continues to increase his great goalscoring records with the U-19, scoring a goal against Turkey. With 6 goals he is the player who accumulates more goals in his participations with the Spanish U-19 team and the one who has played more matches (26).

Spain will play the semifinals against Italy next Thursday, July 25, at 15:00. A special match, as the Italian coach Bernardo Corradi was a Valencia CF player in the 2004-05 season, in which he played 35 games, scored 6 goals and provided 2 assists. He also participated in winning the 2005 European Super Cup title.

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