England had a lot of the ball in today’s (June 29th) final of the U21 Euro Championships in Malmo, Sweden. The problem was, they didn’t really know what to do with it, and Germany did. However, there probably weren’t too many people out there who would have bet on a 4-0 Germany victory. To those [...]
The fact England beat Sweden on penalties after a 120-minute, 3-3 draw didn’t really come as much of a surprise as many experts thought it would go down to the wire, (including England manager Stuart Pearce), but the way the game played out took quite a few people off guard.
In what looked like [...]
The England Under 21s will have their hands full when they take on hosts Sweden in the European championship semi final on Friday night. Sweden booked their spot in the playoffs with a convincing 3-1 win over Serbia today (June 23rd) in front of 20,500 fans.
Sweden had two wins and a draw to finish in second [...]
Stuart Pearce has come a long way since he burst onto the management stage as boss of Manchester City. His England Under 21 side have now reached the semi-final of the European Under 21 Championships and it is no secret that a lot of the success is down to the gaffer. Pearce was always known [...]
England Under-21s have secured their place in the semi-finals of the European Under-21 Championships with a 2-0 win over Spain Under-21s.
With Germany having earlier moved top of the group after beating Finland 2-0, manager Stuart Pearce knew his side would regain control with victory over the Spanish.
After a relatively low-key first half, which saw James [...]
Sweden definitely didn’t look nervous playing in front of their home fans on the second day (June 16th) of the Euro Under 21 Championships as they laid a 5-1 beating on Belarus in the opening Group A match. You could have forgiven the fans in Malmo for thinking they might have had a bit of [...]
The European Under 21 Championships kicked off in Sweden on Monday (June 15th) with a couple of pretty good games.
England got the three points they so desperately wanted with a 2-1 win over Finland. However, there were a few rocky moments for them a long the way, with the worst one being the sending off [...]
