overview
After the national team's EURO championship, the Spanish U23 team will be determined to aim for the Paris 2024 Olympic gold medal to complete a brilliant 2024. The runner-up at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will face U23 Uzbekistan on the opening day with the goal of nothing but victory.
At this tournament, coach Santi Denia owns a squad with many young stars who have made a name for themselves at the club level such as: Pau Curbasi (Barcelona), Fermin Lopez (Barcelona), Alex Baena (Villarreal). ), Eric Garcia (Girona), Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) or Abel Ruiz (Braga). These morning stars promise to create a strong competitive team.
On the contrary, on the other side of the front line, most of Uzbekistan's U23 squad is still relatively unknown. They will have to rely heavily on captain Eldor Shomurodov (AS Roma), one of three players over 23 years old summoned to participate in the tournament. Shomurodov is the number 1 striker of the Uzbekistan national team with a total of 40 goals.
Spain is a team with rich experience in the Olympic arena. La Roja has participated in the Olympics 12 times with a record of 1 gold medal and 3 silver medals. Meanwhile, this is the first time U23 Uzbekistan appears at the Olympics .
Despite being a strong team in Asia, winning 5/6 matches at the 2024 Asian U23 tournament and winning runner-up, U23 Uzbekistan is still rated much lower than U23 Spain. The European representative will likely have an easy victory.
Human resource
Barcelona refused to let Lamine Yamal - the best young player of EURO 2024, attend the Paris Olympics. However, with the remaining names in the squad, they are still highly appreciated.
Most likely, Santi Denia will use a 4-3-3 formation in the match against Uzbekistan. In particular, the attack will be a combination of the trio Fermin Lopez, Abel Ruiz and Samu Omorodion.
On the other side of the front line, U23 Uzbekistan may play with a 4-2-3-1 formation with leader Shomurodov. In defense, Abdukodir Khusanov will play a leader role after making two appearances in Ligue 1 last season for Lens.
Predict the score
In the past, U23 Uzbekistan and U23 Spain have never met each other and the 2024 Olympics will be the first time.
As mentioned above, with outstanding squad quality and excited spirit after the success of their seniors, Spain U23 will be determined to get off to a good start.
Prediction: U23 Uzbekistan 1-3 U23 Spain
The match between U23 Uzbekistan and U23 Spain takes place at 8:00 p.m. on July 24.
