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England Under 21 European Championships 2007 World Cup football 2006 home page World Cup football 2002 home page _________________________________________________________________________ In future the Under 21 European Championships finals will now be held in odd years rather then even years starting with Holland in June 2007. The reigning champions are the hosts, Holland who won the Championships in 2006. After missing out in 2006, England have qualified for the Under 21 European Championship 2007 finals under the management of Peter Taylor as they won their play off matches against Germany. England's results in the two qualification games were: England 2 Moldova 2
England U21 topped the group and therefore had to play off against Germany U21 for a place in the finals. The results were: England 1 Germany 0 - held at Ricoh Arena, Coventry on 6 October 2006 The England team that won 1-0 at home to Germany was Scott Carson, Micah Richards, Leighton Baines, Steven Taylor, Anton Ferdinand, James Milner, Tom Huddlestone, Nigel Reo-Coker, Wayne Routledge (Gabriel Abbonlahor 71), David Nugent (Ben Watson 81), Theo Walcott (Ashley Young 66) The England team that beat Germany 2-0 away was Scott Carson, Micah Richards, Leighton Baines, Steven Taylor, Anton Ferdinand, James Milner, Tom Huddlestone, Nigel Reo-Coker, Ashley Young (Cameron Jerome 90), David Nugent (Justin Hoyte 66), Gabriel Abbonlahor (Theo Walcott 76) The 2007 finalists are England, Holland, Serbia, Czech Republic, Portugal, Belgium, Israel and Italy. The winners and runners up of each group progress to the semi-finals to be held on 20 June 2007. The final will be at Groningen, Holland on Saturday 23 June 2007. On 6 February 2007 ex England left back Stuart Pearce took charge of the
England U21 team following Peter Taylor's resignation (to concentrate on
managing Crystal Palace) and England U21 drew 2-2 with Spain U21 in a friendly
match with goals from David Nugent and Leroy Lita. England U 21 then went on to
draw 3-3 against Italy on 24 Mar 2007 and beat Slovakia 5-0 on 5 June 2007 in
warm up games for the tournament. Under 21 European Championships finals / Euro 2007 England were in Group B and the results are shown below. 11 June 2007: England 0 Czech Republic 0 The England Under 21 team for the finals (also
known as Euro 2007) was: On 11 June 2007, England U21 drew 0-0 against the Czech Republic U21 team in their first game of the finals. The Czech's had slightly the better of the game but after 87 minutes, England U21 had a penalty after David Nugent's chip was handled by a Czech defender, Hubnik. Leroy Lita took the penalty but put his shot wide of the goalkeepers right hand post as he dived to his left. The England Under 21 team against the Czechs was Carson, Hoyte, Onuoha, Cahill, Baines, Milner (Lita 64), Huddlestone (Noble 82), Reo-Coker (capt), Richardson (Routledge 57), Nugent, A Young On 14 June 2007, England U21 led Italy U21 2-0 through a header from David Nugent after 25 minutes and a goal from Leroy Lita a couple of minutes later but ended up with a 2-2 draw after Chiellini and Aquilani scored either side of half time to level the match. Lita also missed a very easy chance early on in this game when he fired just wide in front of an open goal. The England Under 21 team against Italy
was Carson, Hoyte, Onuoha, Taylor, Baines, Milner, Reo-Coker (capt, Richardson
90), Noble, Nugent (Whittingham 69), Lita (Vaughan 83), A Young The England Under 21 team against Serbia was Carson, Hoyte, Onuoha, Taylor, Baines, Milner, Reo-Coker (capt, Huddlestone 87 sent off 90), Noble, Richardson (Routledge 82), Nugent, Lita (Derbyshire 69) On Wednesday 20 June 2007 England lost 13-12 on penalties after drawing 1-1 at the end of extra time against Holland in the semi-finals of "Euro 2007". Leroy Lita scored England's goal after 39 minutes with a powerful shot to the near post that the Dutch goalkeeper could only get a hand to. Lita hit the bar at the start of the second half but the Dutch looked the more dangerous team and England were hanging on for much of the second half. With a minute left and centre back Steven Taylor down injured, Maceo Rigters equalised with an overhead kick from close range. England held on in extra time and in the penalty shootout Young, Babbel and Milner scored, Drenthe hit the post, Noble and Janssen scored and then Hoyte had his penalty saved. Beerens, Derbyshire and Maduro scored to make it 4-4 on penalties after 5 penalty kicks each. Ferdinand, De Ridder, Carson, Zuiverloon, Rosenior and Rigters scored before Reo-Coker had his shot saved and then Kruiswijk missed (7-7). Taylor, Waterman, Young, Beerens, Milner, Drenthe, Noble, Maduro, Hoyte and Janssen scored (12-12). Then Derbyshire and De Ridder had their shots saved before Anton Ferdinand hit the crossbar. Gianni Zuiverloon (Holland) scored the deciding penalty to give Holland a 13-12 win on penalties and a place in the final. The England Under 21 team against Holland was Carson, Hoyte, Onuoha (left field with groin injury 105), Taylor, Baines (Rosenior 46), Milner, Reo-Coker (capt), Noble, Young, Nugent (Derbyshire 78), Lita (A Ferdinand 87)
England also qualified for the Under 21 2002 finals and have also won this tournament twice (in 1982 and 1984). __________________________________________________________________________ Under 21 European Championships finals / Euro 2007 : Results Group A Holland U21 1 Israel U21 0 Group B England U21
0 Czech Rep U21 0
Semi Final Holland retained the Under 21 European Championships trophy they won last year. Serbia had had a good championships but after Kolarov was dismissed after 62 minutes they never looked like winning the game. Holland finished the game as 4-1 winners in Groningen, Holland. |
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