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06/06/06 UEFA have named the team of the tournament, including four of the Dutch
side that won it: Mandanda (France), Tiendalli (Holland), Chygrynskiy (Ukraine), Stepanov (Serbia-Montenegro), Emanuelson (Holland), Kahlenberg (Denmark), Aissati (Holland), Mavuba (France), Toulalan (France), Milevskiy (Ukraine), Huntelaar (Holland).
05/06/06 Holland won the U-21 Championship Final Sunday in front of 22,000 at Boavista´s Bessa Stadium in Porto, beating the Ukraine 3-0. Holland dominated the first half and
went in at half time two up, both goals scored by the impressive official Man-of-the-Match Huntelaar
on 10 and 42 minutes. Ukraine came back well in the second half but were thwarted time and time again by the superb Vermeer in the Dutch goal. Hofs
put the cherry on the cake into added time. Both teams received a standing ovation at the end. The teams lined up: Holland:
Vermeer, Tiendalli, Luirink, Vlaar, Emanuelson, Aissati (Zomer, 78), De Zeeuw, Schaars, Hofs, Huntelaar, Castelen (De Ridder, 68). It was by all accounts the most successful U-21 European Championship ever,
with over 200,000 fans seeing the games. A Ukraine 30/05/06 The Ukraine and Holland
are through to the semi-finals of the U-21 European Championship, leaving reigning Champions Italy by the wayside. Holland beat Italy 1-0 on the night, while the Ukraine beat Denmark 2-1. Holland now meet
France, while the Ukraine play Serbia-Montenegro, both on Thursday. Portugal said goodbye to the U-21 European Championship Sunday. Despite beating
Germany 1-0
in their final Group A match, it was not enough to take them through. Portugal needed to win by three clear goals, but it was not until added time at the end of the match that they made the breakthrough, Moutinho
lashing home a Nani cross. The goal put Germany out of the competition also, France and Serbia-Montenegro
(2-0 in the other game of the day) going through to the semis. It was Portugal's first goal in three games of a disappointing tournament, but a fantastic crowd of 28,000
at Vitória de Guimarães' Dom Afonso Henriques stadium gave the young players a standing ovation for their effort on the night. Portugal lined up: Daniel Fernandes, Nélson, José Castro, Rolando, Nuno Morais,
Custódio, Manuel Fernandes (Lourenço 46), Raul Meireles, João Moutinho, Ricardo Quaresma, Varela (Nani 74) 27/05/06 Serbia-Montenegro virtually put paid to Portugal Portugal
got off to a bad start in the U-21 Euro, which kicked off Tuesday. At a packed Estádio Municipal de Braga (30,000), Portugal never had an answer for a super-organised France
who went ahead on 40 minutes, a faulty header from Briand
ballooning onto the bar and dropping down only to be knocked into hius own net by 'keeper Bruno Vale. Portugal managed to make some headway in the second half but were reduced to playing the long game most of the time, which France swallowed up. The score remained at
0-1 until the end. Earlier in the evening, Germany beat Serbia-Montenegro 1-0 in the opening match. 23/05/06 Captain Ricardo Quaresma injured a foot in training and there is a question mark over him for Portugal's opening game versus France in the U-21 European Championship Tuesday. The tournament kicks off earlier in the evening with Serbia-Montenegro versus Germany. See full list of fixtures here. 14/05/06 Agostinho Oliveira The squad: Académica: José Castro; 11/05/06 Portugal's U-21s are in Melgaço, in the north of Portugal, for a training camp prior to the European Championship that begins at the end of the month. They beat local side Melgacense 7-1 Wednesday: Lourenço (4), Manuel Fernandes, Furtado and Edgar Marcelino were the scorers, while the local side's goal was scored by Pires. The sqaud gathered in Melgaço is: Académica: José Castro Portugal U-21 coach Agostinho Oliveira cancelled his press conference Wednesday, apparently unhappy with statements made by National team coach Luíz Felipe Scolari, responding to Oliveira's complaints that he could not work with his squad knowing that some of them may be removed to be part of the World Cup squad. Scolari said: "Im in charge of the U-21 squad!" U-21 squad member Rolando begged to differ: "The boss of the U-21s is mister Agostinho, because I don't know Scolari personally, and so I can't say that he's my boss."
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