European Under-17 Championship - France U17 vs Spain U17
Match Time: 25-05-2024 01:30 Saturday (GMT+
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France began their 15th European Under-17 Championship with a disappointing 4-0 defeat in Tuesday's clash with England.

They shipped three goals in a disastrous first half, before they conceded another in the second period to compound a miserable outing.

France will view a group-stage progression as a minimum expectation, having advanced to the knockout rounds in their last four appearances.

In fact, they will have aspirations of winning the competition, after claiming the trophy in 2022 and reaching the final in last year's competition.

They claimed a 3-1 victory over Spain in the 2023 semi-finals, and they will be hoping to produce a similar scoreline in Friday's clash in Larnaca.

Spain came into the competition with hopes of winning the trophy for the fourth occasion and the first time since 2017.

Impressively, Spain have advanced to the knockout rounds in 12 of their 13 appearances at the European Under-17 Championship, with their only previous failure taking place in 2009.

However, their hopes of securing another knockout-round appearance were dealt a blow by a narrow 2-1 defeat in their opening game against Portugal.

Real Madrid's Daniel Yanez gave Spain a 20th-minute lead, before Portugal turned the game in their favour with two goals in the space of eight minutes.

Having lost their last two competitive matches, Spain will be determined to return to winning ways in the next two matches against France and England.

Prediction: France 2-1 Spain
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