European Youth Championship: Italy Bounces Back © EuroFootball.com

Second round matches of Group A were played at the European Youth Championship. One of the tournament favorites, the Italian team, defeated the team of Serbia and Montenegro to keep their hopes alive. Meanwhile, in the other match, the Belarusian team played a draw with Croatia and rose to the first place in the group.

Belarus - Croatia 1 - 1 38' Mario Lucic [0 - 1] 82' Pavel Kirylchyk [1 - 1] Italy - Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 1 30', 53' [1 - 0, 2 - 0] 86' Simon Vukcevic [2 - 1] Group A standings: (Position, Country, Wins, Draws, Losses, Goals For, Goals Against, Points) 1. Belarus 1 1 0 3 2 4 2. Italy 1 0 1 3 3 3 3. Serbia and Montenegro 1 0 1 4 4 3 4. Croatia 0 1 1 3 4 1