Belarus makes it to U-21 football championship's semi-finals
The team got to semi-finals although they had just one victory in 3 group stage games.
Yesterday, on June 18, Heorhi Kandratsieu's team was defeated by the Swiss — 0:3. Final standings in Group A: Switzerland — 9 points, Belarus — 3, Iceland — 3, Denmark — 3. Belarus got to the second place only due to Iceland's unexpected victory over the tournament's host Denmark — 3:1. Although Belarus and the Scandinavian teams had the same number of points, our guys had better goal difference in face-to-face games. Iceland, in spite of their last victory, lacked just one goal in the game against Denmark to get to the final.
Let us remind you, Belarus defeated Iceland 2:0 and lost to Denmark 1:2. The last games in Group B will take place today (England — Czech Republic, Ukraine — Spain). In case England goes through to the semi-finals, Belarus will automatically receive a pass to the Olympics-2012 in London, BelaPAN informs.
