Key occasions
12 min: That early purpose has given the Younger Lions loads of confidence. They’re trying very composed on the ball with barely any nerves displaying.
9 min: A Germany cross is distributed into the England field and Hinshelwood does effectively to cope with it, bringing the ball down together with his chest for Beadle to say.
6 min: Hutchinson goes for purpose from shut vary with the surface of his boot, forcing a save from Atubolu. It deflects again out to Collins, who appears to clear the hazard, however as a substitute the ball falls straight to Elliott on the sting of the six-yard field. The midfielder does effectively to discover a small hole within the defence, completely slotting his shot into the bottom-right nook!
GOAL! England 1-0 Germany (Harvey Elliott, 5)
The Liverpool man strikes once more! England have an early lead!
4 min: Hutchinson appears to play a cross deep into the field, however no person is there to get on the tip of it and Germany win again possession.
2 min: England look to maneuver ahead as Hinshelwood performs a go by means of to Hutchinson on the wing, however he’s rapidly closed down by Collins.
KICK-OFF
We’re underway in Bratislava!
The groups are out. The nationwide anthems have been sung. The U21 European Championship last is just some moments away!
With the ultimate only a matter of moments away, Ben McAleer has regarded on the prime 10 standout gamers from this summer season’s U21 European Championship in Slovakia – with 4 finalists included.
As I briefly talked about earlier, Thomas Tuchel and Julian Nagelsmann are each in attendance this night. England senior head coach Tuchel has flown over from the USA after watching Manchester Metropolis’s 5-2 win over Juventus on Thursday. Younger Lions captain James McAtee believes that his presence will give England a lift within the last. The midfielder mentioned: “I feel it might be an additional motivation for the lads to win and extra of a cause to try to impress the primary staff supervisor.”
David Kent has emailed in, maybe beginning a debate about who ought to have the senior England head coach position for subsequent summer season’s World Cup. He says:
“Given Tuchel’s shaky begin as head coach of the seniors, I feel if the Below 21s win this then the FA ought to strongly take into account selling Lee Carsley earlier than the World Cup. Two worldwide match wins is massively spectacular and also you get the sensation Carsley discovered from his interim expertise. Tuchel appears to be taking us backward, do we actually nonetheless should be counting on Jordan Henderson and Kyle Walker in 2025? I feel not. Let’s present some religion in English teaching and provides Carsley an opportunity.”
Ideas?
Ed Aarons
It seems that behind the quiet manner, Lee Carsley is way more assured than usually comes throughout. After England Below-21s misplaced to Germany of their last group match of the European Championship final week – a outcome that meant each groups progressed to the quarter-finals – the supervisor sought out his reverse quantity, Antonio Di Salvo. “He mentioned that they might see us within the last,” revealed the German…
Throughout his pre-match press convention, the England head coach Lee Carsley revealed that he felt his staff’s second-half efficiency towards Germany earlier within the match was a turning level. He defined: “After the sport, I used to be greater than assured that this staff had clicked and we have been in a very good place. It was a bit tongue-in-cheek. I assumed that we’d be there. I wasn’t certain if they might be there. I used to be assured that we have been going to do effectively on this match. I’ve obtained lots of perception on this staff.
“I knew the second half towards Germany, we clicked. Within the first half, it might be honest to say, particularly the primary 20 minutes, we didn’t play effectively…”
England U21s have gained the European Championship thrice already – in 1982, 1984 and, most not too long ago, in 2023. You may be questioning what these title-winning gamers went on to attain following their respective victories, however look no additional. Connor Myers has regarded again at each England participant who has lifted the trophy, from Tommy Caton and Terry Fenwick to Curtis Jones and Cole Palmer.
As at all times, be at liberty to e mail me this night with any ideas, emotions, opinions, predictions and all that jazz. The place are you watching/studying from? You may be tuning in from Glastonbury, or your again backyard – both method, I need to hear from you!
Workforce information
England beginning line-up: James Beadle; Tino Livramento, Jarell Quansah, Charlie Cresswell, Jack Hinshelwood; Harvey Elliott, Alex Scott, Elliot Anderson, Omari Hutchinson; James McAtee (C), Jay Stansfield. Substitutes: Ronnie Edwards, Hayden Hackney, Tom Fellows, Jonathan Rowe, Brooke Norton-Cruffy, Tommy Simkin, Archie Grey, CJ Egan-Riley, Samuel Iling-Junior, Ethan Nwaneri, Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Tyler Morton.
Germany beginning line-up: Noah Atubolu; Nnamdi Collins, Nathaniel Brown, Vivid Arrey-Mbi, Tim Oermann; Brajan Gruda, Eric Martel (C), Rocco Reitz, Paul Nebel; Nelson Weiper, Nick Woltemade. Substitutes: Tjark Ernst, Nahuel Noll, Max Rosenfelder, Ansgar Knauff, Merlin Röhl, Nicolo Tresoldi, Jan Thielmann, Lukas Ullrich, Jamil Siebert, Caspar Jander, Elias Baum, Paul Wanner.
Preamble
Hi there, good night and welcome to protection of the European Below-21 Championship last! Reigning champions England face Germany in Bratislava tonight with each groups eyeing their fourth title. These two sides confronted one another simply final Wednesday, with Germany clinching a 2-1 win because of targets from Ansgar Knauff and Nelson Weiper. Nonetheless, the Younger Lions head coach Lee Carsley is assured that his staff can bounce again and take revenge when it most issues.
Thomas Tuchel and Julian Nagelsmann – the top coaches of the respective nations’ senior males’s groups – will each be in attendance at Tehelné Pole later this night, scouting potential expertise for subsequent 12 months’s World Cup in america, Mexico and Canada. The query is, who shall be celebrating on the finish of the evening?
Kick-off is at 8pm BST – you don’t need to miss it!