Goals from Gonzalo Castro, Mesut Ozil and a Sandro Wagner brace saw Germany Under 21s easily beat Stuart Pearce's England 4-0 to lift the European Championship trophy. Castro - who had scored against the young Lions in the group stages - found the net in the 23rd minute in Malmo, lifting his effort over the advancing Scott Loach into the bottom right hand corner. Ozil then doubled soon after the re-start...
UEFA u21 Championship Final, Malmo, Sweden England v Germany After a ding-dong semi final in which they threw away a three-goal lead before winning 5-4 on penalties, England return to Malmo for the final of the UEFA u21 Championship. Stuart Pearce will be missing three key players through suspension - goalkeeper Joe Hart and forwards Gabriel Agbonlahor and Fraizer Campbell, which means Theo Walcott...
Stuart Pearce is a brave man. England U-21s won their first two group games (vs Finland and Spain) but still needed a result against Germany to be sure of going through. But instead of picking his strongest XI, Pearce gave everyone else a run out. And got a 1-1 draw. Gonzalo Castro had given Germany the lead [...]
• Rodwell scores equaliser in 1-1 draw against Germany • England top group and may avoid Italy in semi-finals Jack Rodwell served notice of his rich international promise as England's Under-21s got the result they needed to advance as group winners into the semi-finals. In all likelihood, it will mean they avoid Italy in the last-four showdown in Gothenburg on Friday but this was an occasion...
UEFA u21 Championship, Group B England 1:1 Germany Halmstad, Sweden - Germany booked their place in the semi-finals after drawing 1-1 with a second-string England in Halmstad this evening. When Gonzalo Castro fired Germany into a fourth-minute lead, it looked like Stuart Pearce's weakened team selection would backfire into humiliation, but England fought back and deservedly equalised through Everton's...
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