…better and better!
The U18 European Championship from 1988 is now available in the Transfermarkt database complete with all match reports. The team from the Soviet Union emerged victorious in the eight-team tournament held in what was then Czechoslovakia at the end of July. The eleven around the future Germany legionnaire Sergey Kiryakov Remained in the final with a 3-1 win after extra time against the Portuguese team with later stars like Fernando Couto and Paulo Sousa the upper hand.
From the German-speaking region, only the former GDR managed to qualify, although it was unable to defend its victory from the previous tournament in 1986, but achieved a good third place. The Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland failed to qualify against Portugal, the Austrian team hardly saw any ground in the qualification against the Soviet Union, Romania and Turkey and only collected three points from six games.
He was the top scorer in the finals with four goals Oleg Salenkowho was able to repeat this success at the U20 World Cup in 1989 and the World Cup in 1994.
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