Spain Gets Revenge on Germany, Wins Under-21 European Championship

Spain has been crowned U-21 European champions after beating Germany in a rematch of the 2017 final.

UDINE, Italy (AP) – Spain beat Germany 2-1 to match Italy with a record fifth title at the Under-21 European Championship on Sunday.

Fabian Ruiz opened the scoring with a long-range strike early on, then Dani Olmo doubled the advantage in the 69th from close range after goalkeeper Alex Nubel could not handle a shot from Ruiz.

Nadiem Amiri pulled one back for Germany two minutes from time with a long, deflected shot.

Fabian Ruiz with the strike pic.twitter.com/1sMhwPtNyu

— Steven (@SanPenguinYo) June 30, 2019

Dani Olmo acertó al forjarse en la escuela croata, en el Dinamo Zagreb. Lo hizo con 16, a la misma edad, que ficharon a Modric. Pero al gran Luka lo mandaron cedido 2 años. Dani es tetracampeón y declarado mejor jugador en Croacia. Y ahora es campeón de Europa Sub-21. Con golazo. pic.twitter.com/ek4C7dXcW4

— Martín Mucha (@Mart1nMucha) June 30, 2019

Spain avenged defeat to Germany in the 2017 final.

Ruiz, a midfielder with Napoli, was named player of the tournament.