Anyone watching the U19 Euro final tonight?

Spain V Greece, starting at 7.30 on Eurosport 2.

If anything, Spain are better at this level than they are in the regular squad, demonstrating they're domination of world football isn't ending anytime soon. They have mind blowing quality in Gerard Deulofeu, who even at his young age is talented enough to make a mark in the best teams in the world. He's either scored or assisted virtually every single goal Spain has scored the whole competition and he's a joy to watch, definite competition for the best in the world in mere years. Any goals not scored by Deulofeu have been scored by Jese, a real Madrid youth with apparently limitless talent.

Greece are also awesome at this level, but Spain are in a different league to absolutely everyone, and should beat them by a large margin.

It'd be a tough ask for Malky, but personally I'll e furious if he doesn't immediately grab Deulofeu (Barcelona B) and Jese straight away. Torres isn't bad either, not THAT one though.

Players don't always live up to their hype at this level. Its quite perplexing to judge. Pirlo and Ronaldinho shone at these ages but then players like Gilardino and Elmander did very well at the youth tournaments and became average. But I would expect this Spanish side to mostly fulfil their potential, even if they don't eclipse their elders.

Agreed, goals come much much easier at this level since defenders are generally much worse. It's the reason your defenders will be among the oldest in any squad, the age brings experience afterall. Tis one of the reasons Jese I'm less sure about, but deloufeu genuinely is mind blowing good.