FOOTBALL: Just Love The Game (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Borja Valero netted a late penalty to ensure Real Mallorca a 1-1 draw with Valencia at the Mestalla. David Villa gave Valencia the lead three minutes after the restart as he poked home with his left foot from close range after Éver Banega had flicked on a corner. But an unnecessary foul by Bruno Saltor on Gonzalo Castro set up an 85th-minute spot kick that Borja converted to give them an unlikely...
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
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...
Soccerphile Football | Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
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...
England World Cup Team Blog (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
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 [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
• 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...
Soccerphile Football | Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
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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