Just 5 days prior to when the big daddies of European football show up against each other, it's time for the Under-21 colts of Portugal and Germany to go head to head against each other in the Big Final of the UEFA European U-21 Championship.

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The Stozice Sports Park in Ljubljana, the Slovenian capital city, will play host to this biennial event this time. Several future stars were on display in this edition of the competition where saw participation of 16 national teams.

The Big Final : PREVIEW

GERMANY 🇩🇪

Germany, who will be playing their third straight U-21 Final, will be hoping to claim the honours after winning in 2017 but missing out in 2019 final. On both the previous occasions, Stefan Kuntz was at the helm of this age-group team. A former German international himself, Kuntz will hope to have a fit squad ahead of the Final especially after Josha Vagnoman, right back, was sidelined for the Semi Final against Netherlands due to injury. Germany would consider themselves lucky to have come past Denmark in the Quarter Finals after the game was decided on penalty shootout. Overall goals have been hard to come by for the Die Mannschaft.

ROAD TO THE FINAL

Group Stage:
Won 3-0 vs Hungary
Drew 1-1 vs Netherlands
Drew 0-0 vs Romania
(RUNNERS UP IN GROUP A)

Quarter Final:
Drew 2-2 vs Denmark (Won 6-5 on penalties)

Semi Final:
Won 1-0 vs Netherlands

Probable XI
Germany:

Dahmen;
Vagnoman, Pieper, Schlotterbeck, Raum;
Dorsch, Maier;
Baku, Wirtz, Berisha;
Nmecha

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PORTUGAL 🇵🇹

Portugal, on the other hand, has been more clinical of the two finalists, to be honest. They have raked up goals against their opponents and have improved gradually since the group stage. However their real big test was the Semi Final against Spain, where an 80th minute own goal by Villarreal youngster Jorge Cuenca helped Portugal reach the final. Once again they will be relying on Dany Mota, Francisco Conceição, Francisco Trincão who have been among the goals in this championship. Manager Rui Jorge will like to leave no stone unturned in the most important match for these U-21 colts. With the experiences of Diogo Dalot, Rafel Leao, Gedson Fernandez, Germany have their tasks cut out come Sunday.

ROAD TO THE FINAL

Group Stage:
Won 1-0 vs Croatia
Won 2-0 vs England
Won 3-0 vs Switzerland
(WINNERS IN GROUP D)

Quarter Final:
Won 5-3 vs Italy

Semi Final:
Won 1-0 vs Spain

Probable XI
Portugal:

Diogo Costa;
D. Dalot, D. Leite, D. Queirós, Abdu Conté;
Vitinha, Daniel Bragança, Fábio Vieira, Gedson Fernandes;
Dany Mota, Rafael Leão

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TIME:

7:00 P.M. GMT

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PREDICTION:

Germany U-21 1️⃣-2️⃣ Portugal U-21

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