Sunu and Ozyakup in action as France and Netherlands reach semi-finals
The final matches of the group stages at the UEFA u-17 European Championship took place today. Scroll down to find out how the Arsenal players at the tournament got on.
Gilles Sunu- Switzerland 0 France 2
Gilles played 90 minutes for France as they booked their place in the semi-final thanks to a brace from Yannis Tafer. Gilles had a couple of shots on target and will be looking to keep his place in the team for the latter stages of the competition. In the other game in Group A, Spain came from a goal down to beat Ireland 3-1. The result means that Spain will join Les Bleus in the last four.
Oguzhan Ozyakup- Netherlands 2 Scotland 0
Oguzhan played the final four minutes as the Netherlands secured their qualification from Group B with a 2-0 victory over Scotland. Geoffrey Castillon put the Dutch ahead on 34 minutes, before Ricardo van Rhijn scored on 46 to seal the victory. In the other game in this group, hosts Turkey were held 0-0 by Serbia. The result means that the Turks join the Netherlands in the semi-finals, with Turkey winning the group by just one point. Oghzhan is expected to complete his move to Arsenal in the next couple of weeks, saying
Liam Brady, the head of youth development, watched me and communicated with my agent, but the transfer is still uncertain. I hope it will be certain in a few weeks.
So the group stages have come to an end, and the four remaining teams in the tournament are:
Spain
France
Turkey
Netherlands
The semi-finals take place on Tuesday, with the final on Friday.
Details are as follows:
Semi-finals
Netherlands V Spain
France V Turkey
Final
Netherlands/Spain v France/Turkey
May 11, 2008 at 10:23 am
I really have my doubts about Sunu ,if he can not play regularly for his national side then how sure is he to play for Arsenal ,he may be another sidwell that may find his break playing for another club..any soccer lover who will like to interact with other fans and dicuss any soccer related issues should check out Soccer fan base dot com it is free to join.
May 13, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Sorry but I feel the need to reply to Soccerfanbase.com’s comment. Gael Clichy and Bacary Sagna cant break into the French National side, yet they play first team football for Arsenal and are amongst the highest rated full backs in the premiership. It is still early days for Sunu and he has time to develop into a fine striker. And for your information, he started today’s semi final against Turkey, and dont advertise your website on someone else’s blog.