A France U19 side featuring Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Senny Mayulu beat their Ukrainian counterparts 1-0 last night at Belfast’s Windsor Park in the semi-finals of the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
Les Bleuets' win was due in large part to the young Paris player, who started the game and assisted in its one and only goal.
The result means that Bernard Diomède's players have now secured their place in the competition's final, where they will take on Spain – a side that they already crossed paths with in the group stage and that knocked out Italy with a 1-0 extra-time win in their own semi-final – at 20:00 CET this Sunday, again at Windsor Park.
FRANCE 1-0 UKRAINE (0-0 at HT)
UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2024 – Semi-finals
Windsor Park (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Goal: Atangana (61').
FRANCE: Bengui-Joao – Kumbedi, Y. Gomis, Jacquet, Soumahoro – Atangana (c), Mayulu (Amougou, 62'), Benama – Michal (Aiki, 46'), Ngoura (Kroupi, 62'), Bouabré (Bahoya, 80'). Coach: Bernard Diomède.
UKRAINE: Krapyvtsov – Gusiev, Yermachkov (Obinaya, 79'), Oharkov, Mykhavko (Dihtiar, 79') – Tsukanov (Shevchenko, 62'), Melnychenko (c), Krevsun – Synchuk, Bohdanov (Tutierov, 46'), Hadzhyiev. Coach: Dmytro Mikhailenko.