Under-21 European Championship (Final Spain 4 - 2 Italy)

[Drew.]

Thought now would be a good time to make a thread for this in case anyone else is interested in it and as the tournament isn't too far away now and the squads are now being announced

5th - 18th June

http://www.uefa.com/under21/index.html

http://i.imgur.com/4DboDhg.png

http://i.imgur.com/NIgpaBW.png

[Ryan57]

So, England to get out the group this time?

[Drew.]

England Squad

GOALKEEPERS
Jack Butland (Stoke City), Declan Rudd (Norwich City), Jason Steele (Middlesbrough)

DEFENDERS
Steven Caulker (Tottenham Hotspur), Nathaniel Clyne (Southampton), Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion), Tom Lees (Leeds United), Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur), Luke Shaw (Southampton), Adam Smith (Tottenham Hotspur), Andre Wisdom (Liverpool)

MIDFIELDERS
Nat Chalobah (Watford - loan from Chelsea), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Tom Ince (Blackpool), Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest), Jason Lowe (Blackburn Rovers), Josh McEachran (Chelsea), Jonjo Shelvey (Liverpool), Andros Townsend (Tottenham Hotspur)

FORWARDS
Marvin Sordell (Bolton Wanderers), Connor Wickham (Sunderland), Wilfried Zaha (Manchester United), Nathan Delfouneso (Aston Villa)

England's Group Fixtures
5 June v Italy, Tel Aviv (7.30pm)
8 June v Norway, Petah Tikva (5pm)
11 June v Israel, Jerusalem (5pm)

[Drew.]

http://thinkfootball.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Malagas-Isco-010.jpg

[King Gizzard]

http://i.imgur.com/eI3D9Fm.jpg

[King Gizzard]

Isco, Maher, Kokorin, Veratti, Insigne, Henriksen, Leno, Jung, Holtby, Rode

not bad

[Drew.]

loads of class players involved

[Brother Leon]

Zaha to lead England to the promise land.

[Drew.]

Netherlands Squad

Goalkeepers:
Marco Bizot (FC Groningen), Nick Marsman (Go Ahead Eagles*), Jeroen Zoet (RKC Waalwijk**).

Defenders:
Patrick van Aanholt (Vitesse***), Daley Blind (AFC Ajax), Mike van der Hoorn (FC Utrecht), Kelvin Leerdam (Feyenoord), Bruno Martins Indi (Feyenoord), Bram Nuytinck (RSC Anderlecht), Ricardo van Rhijn (AFC Ajax), Stefan de Vrij (Feyenoord).

Midfielders:
Jordy Clasie (Feyenoord), Leroy Fer (FC Twente), Marco van Ginkel (Vitesse), Adam Maher (AZ Alkmaar), Kevin Strootman (PSV Eindhoven), Tonny Trindade de Vilhena (Feyenoord).

Forwards:
Memphis Depay (PSV Eindhoven), Ola John (Benfica), Luuk de Jong (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach), Florian Jozefzoon (RKC Waalwijk), Jürgen Locadia (PSV Eindhoven), Georginio Wijnaldum (PSV Eindhoven).

*On loan from FC Twente
**On loan from PSV Eindhoven
***On loan from Chelsea FC

[King Gizzard]

amazing midfield

[Drew.]

Germany Squad

Goalkeepers:
Oliver Baumann (SC Freiburg), Bernd Leno (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Timo Horn (1. FC Köln).

Defenders
Tony Jantschke (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach), Sebastian Jung (Eintracht Frankfurt), Jan Kirchhoff (1. FSV Mainz 05), Sead Kolasinac (FC Schalke 04), Matthias Ginter (SC Freiburg), Oliver Sorg (SC Freiburg), Stefan Thesker (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim), Lasse Sobiech (SpVgg Greuther Fürth), Shkodran Mustafi (UC Sampdoria).

Midfielders:
Tolgay Arslan (Hamburger SV), Christian Clemens (1. FC Köln), Patrick Funk (FC St Pauli), Patrick Herrmann (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach), Lewis Holtby (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Christoph Moritz (FC Schalke 04), Sebastian Rode (Eintracht Frankfurt), Sebastian Rudy (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim), Emre Can (FC Bayern München).

Forwards:
Pierre-Michel Lasogga (Hertha BSC Berlin), Peniel Mlapa (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach), Sebastian Polter (1. FC Nürnberg), Kevin Volland (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim).

[Brother Leon]

Lol at Israel though ffs. Might aswell give World Cup to Lebanon or Syria next.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bloomfield_Stadium21.jpg/250px-Bloomfield_Stadium21.jpg

[Drew.]

Nathan Delfouneso has replaced Callum McManaman

[Drew.]

Spain Squad

Goalkeepers: David de Gea (Manchester United FC), Diego Mariño (Villarreal CF), Joel (Wigan Athletic FC)*.

Defenders: Marc Bartra (FC Barcelona), Dani Carvajal (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Nacho Fernández (Real Madrid CF), Álvaro (Real Zaragoza), Iñigo Martínez (Real Sociedad de Fútbol), Marc Muniesa (FC Barcelona), Martín Montoya (FC Barcelona), Alberto Moreno (Sevilla FC).

Midfielders: Thiago Alcántara (FC Barcelona), Ignacio Camacho (Málaga CF), Sergio Canales (Valencia CF), Asier Illarramendi (Real Sociedad de Fútbol), Isco (Málaga CF), Koke (Club Atlético de Madrid), Pablo Sarabia (Getafe CF).

Forwards: Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid CF), Rodrigo (SL Benfica), Iker Muniain (Athletic Club), Cristian Tello (FC Barcelona), Álvaro Vázquez (Getafe CF).

* On loan from Club Atlético de Madrid

[Drew.]

Thiago, Isco, Muniain, Rodrigo, Tello, Canales, Bartra, Montoya, De Gea... mental

[Drew.]

Andros Townsend has been replaced by Nathan Redmond

Luke Shaw has been replaced by Jack Robinson

[King Gizzard]

ridiculous. Pearce is clueless

[Drew.]

that Spanish squad though.. Daaym

[Ryan57]

ridiculous. Pearce is clueless

Doesn't matter who is in our squad. Pearce is a useless manager.

[Drew.]

so then, it gets underway tomorrow

Israel U21 v Norway U21 -17:00pm-

England U21 v Italy U21 -19:30pm-

[King Gizzard]

Only really know of Eyal Golasa for Israel,

Nordtveit (ex Arsenal, probs should've kept him) and Markus Henriksen are good for Norway though

[Drew.]

yeah, cant say iv heard of any of the players from Norway and Israel except from Henriksen but then thats why i like these u21 tournaments.. always throw surprises up and players iv never heard off before

[Drew.]

joined an u21 fantasy football team league and decided to make a TIBB one just in case anyone else is using it

Code - 1336902-469785

http://en.u21fantasy.uefa.com/UEFA/15807/userhome.do

[Brother Leon]

Go on Wilf!

Pretty exited to see him again :)

[Drew.]

fingers crossed he starts tonight

[King Gizzard]

joined an u21 fantasy football team league and decided to make a TIBB one just in case anyone else is using it

Code - 1336902-469785

http://en.u21fantasy.uefa.com/UEFA/15807/userhome.do

went to enter a last minute team and it was closed :(

http://i.imgur.com/bso59fq.jpg

[Drew.]

does it not let you join at all? i think it closed 10 minutes ago.. that sucks :(

http://i.imgur.com/E4RIvRa.png

[Brother Leon]

Good to see Van Rhijn there. Brownie points to you :p

[Drew.]

bollocks, i forgot about Chalobah

[King Gizzard]

Van Rhijn > Van Der Wiel when he played for Ajax

[King Gizzard]

None of the 8 teams at #U21EURO has a squad with an average age under 21. England have the youngest selection: 21 years 156 days (average).

[Drew.]

some bizarre rules in the u21 game

[Drew.]

oh hello, penalty

[King Gizzard]

well you have to be 21 when the qualifying starts, thats why theres so many 22 and 23 year olds

[Drew.]

this would have been a good competition for the Ox to play in

[King Gizzard]

and jones, etc etc etc, take it seriously and build a winning mentality in the younger players

[Drew.]

could learn a bit from the way Spain do it

[Drew.]

brilliant finish

[King Gizzard]

brilliant finish

thing is they have more players than us to choose from

[King Gizzard]

that quoted the wrong post :suspect: Lol

[Drew.]

:laugh:

yeah thats true, scary how all of their u21 players would get into a majority of the big teams around Europe

[Drew.]

Israel 2 - 2 Norway FT

good opening game

[Drew.]

England XI vs Italy: Butland; Clyne, Caulker, Dawson, Robinson; Henderson, Lowe, Shelvey, Redmond; Sordell, Wickham.

Italy XI vs England: Bardi; Donati, Biraghi, Caldirola, Bianchetti; Verratti, Florenzi, Marrone, Immobile; Insigne, Borini

[Drew.]

need Zaha to come on at half time.. Italy dominating

[King Gizzard]

Insigne :worship:

Stuart ****ing Pearce

[Ryan57]

More crap from England U21's. Wank manager and wank players.

[Drew.]

Redmond was the only highlight from that game.. Chalobah should have definitely started

[Ryan57]

Yeah, Redmond looked pretty decent. Everyone else embarrassing.

[King Gizzard]

OptaJoe ‏@OptaJoe 3m

76 - Marco Verratti made 120 passes in tonight's game, at least 76 more than any England player (Henderson 44). Conductor.

[Brother Leon]

Poor by England. But that XI was extremely weak.

[King Gizzard]

Westwood robbed of a place in this squad, but he can pass so he's of no use to stuart

[King Gizzard]

Spain Russia, Netherlands Germany tomorrow :worship: Should be a better day. Wins for Spain and Netherlands I reckon

[Drew.]

Spain v Russia -17:00pm-

Netherlands v Germany -19:30pm-

[Drew.]

Spain Russia, Netherlands Germany tomorrow :worship: Should be a better day. Wins for Spain and Netherlands I reckon

yeah, im going for Spain and Netherlands too

[Drew.]

Spain XI vs Russia: de Gea, Montoya, Bartra, Íñigo Martínez, Moreno, Illarramendi, Thiago Alcântara, Isco, Muniain, Tello, Rodrigo

Oh my

[King Gizzard]

isco :worship: another level

[Drew.]

hes doing things players only do on the training ground.. hes so good to watch

[Drew.]

Netherlands XI vs Germany: Zoet; Van Rhijn, De Vrij, Martins Indi, Blind; Strootman, Van Ginkel, Maher; Wijnaldum, De Jong, John

[Drew.]

Germany XI vs Netherlands: Leno; Jantschke, Thesker, Ginter, Sorg; Rudy, Rode; Mlapa, Holtby, Herrmann; Lasogga

[King Gizzard]

idiots not taking at least Draxler

[Drew.]

pass pass pass pass pass - shoot, miss.. free kick - header.. goal

[King Gizzard]

The Netherlands starting XI has a total of 56 senior caps between them

[Drew.]

thats quite a crazy stat considering its an u21 tournament

looking forwards to seeing Maher, Wijnaldum, De Jong and Holtby

[King Gizzard]

sebastian rode tbh

[Drew.]

i havent really heard of him before.. i only recognize 2 or 3 of the German squad.. pretty much all of the Netherlands squad though

[King Gizzard]

Ginter linked with Arsenal, Rode on his way to Bayern, just a shame they haven't taken more good players

[Ryan57]

Oh crap, didn't realise Spain played at 5pm. :(

[Drew.]

the Germans had some good players eligible to play in this tournament.. shame they didnt use them

[Drew.]

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/778748881.gif?1370539029

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/778756560.gif?1370541150

[King Gizzard]

disappointing Steve's not got his Dutch accent on, seeing as he's basically representing them

[Drew.]

England v Norway -17:00pm-

Italy v Israel -19:30pm-

[Drew.]

this is exactly the squad i wanted to see

England U21s v Norway U21s: Butland, Smith, Caulker, Dawson, Rose, Chalobah, Lowe, Henderson, Redmond, Ince, Zaha

[Ryan57]

Probably still play woeful football.

[Drew.]

Redmond, Inch and Zaha will cause mayhem together.. and Chalobah will be MOTM

[Ryan57]

Unfortunately, Pearce is still manager. Could probably have Xavi, Iniesta and Messi and still play dire football.

[King Gizzard]

****ing jason lowe

[Drew.]

yeah hes a bit of an odd one.. dont really understand him being in the team but then again iv not seen much of him

[King Gizzard]

4 players in the Norway squad played last night for Norway's first team..

[Drew.]

Inces boots :love:

[Drew.]

oh

[King Gizzard]

dear

[Brother Leon]

England :joker:


What a **** XI though. Apart from Zaha none of them Have a chance of being in the senior side.

[King Gizzard]

atmosphere is so **** can hear everyone the england players are saying

[Brother Leon]

This feels like a training session.

[King Gizzard]

but at least our kit is good..

[Ryan57]

Even the blind England football side would of defended better than that for the goal.

[Drew.]

Redmond has basically got himself a move to a PL club.. stand out player from the 2 games so far

[Brother Leon]

Game done. PS3 time I think. Lol

[Drew.]

Unfortunately, Pearce is still manager. Could probably have Xavi, Iniesta and Messi and still play dire football.

well

[Ryan57]

well

Told you, Drew. The guy is 'effin useless. 2 down. Good night England. And failure again. We continue our long streak of being wank.

[King Gizzard]

****e ****e ****e ****e ****e

but at least we can get rid of pearce, finally

[Ryan57]

One plus point is the fact the senior side are make to look world class in comparison to this crap.

[King Gizzard]

I think we'll get ****ed in Brazil Lol

[Ryan57]

I think we'll get ****ed in Brazil Lol

Oh, no doubt about it. We're crap as a nation. We stand no chance whatsoever in Brazil.

[Drew.]

I think we'll get ****ed in Brazil Lol

we've got to get there first :laugh:

[Ryan57]

Pearce will turn this around. Do not worry. Tactical genius.

[King Gizzard]

fixtures kind of went our way last night, Ukraine beat Montenegro 4-0 at Montenegro, Moldova drew with Poland

but Ukraine are back in the mix now

[King Gizzard]

A Poland team with Lewandowski upfront and Jakub blacidcihiofdhifdhfowski, may I add

[Ryan57]

Heard they don't do so well for the national team (Dortmund Polish players). Bit like every player of ours.

[King Gizzard]

henning berg is really bald

[King Gizzard]

Wonder if this will do anything to Zaha's confidence, after the high of basically getting Palace promoted to turgid **** like this

[Drew.]

he should be fine hes a confident guy.. think hes playing to centrally to be honest, think he prefers playing out wide

[King Gizzard]

Wonder if anyone will take Chalobah on loan in the PL, Crystal Palace or someone like that

[Drew.]

he would fit into all of the newly promoted sides, Palace probably best

[Drew.]

might start the dinner early tonight..

[King Gizzard]

:joker: Just funny now. Defending is so bad

[King Gizzard]

Former united player eikrem

[King Gizzard]

Tyler on about the missing players, total dick

[Drew.]

very very embarrassing

[Drew.]

quallity penalty

[King Gizzard]

soft pen

[King Gizzard]

don't think much of this norway kit btw :idc:

[Ryan57]

I return to see we've scored but have also conceded. Typical Lol fest from England.

[Drew.]

dont really like umbro

[King Gizzard]

http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/customavatars/avatar60493_23.gif

[Ryan57]

http://www.freewebs.com/roycropper-fit/RoyCropper.jpg

[King Gizzard]

Looks a bit like Alex Fergusons long lost estranged brother

[Drew.]

now we can sit back, relax and watch Italy destroy Israel.. what a terrible tournament for England yet again though

[bbfan1991]

So England are out, we are simply not good enough.

[King Gizzard]

http://i.imgur.com/3T3UYtq.jpg

[Drew.]

i just rewinded my tv to see that :joker:

[Ryan57]

So England are out, we are simply not good enough.

Nothing new there then.

[Drew.]

http://www.italyfootball.ru/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/veratti.jpg

[Ryan57]

http://u.goal.com/286200/286289_heroa.jpg

This guy took the piss out of our useless lot.

[Drew.]

that was the first time i had ever seen him live.. was very impressive

[Ryan57]

that was the first time i had ever seen him live.. was very impressive

Likewise. Looked the best of the bunch for me.

[King Gizzard]

Bardi as well, Inter's next keeper if they sell Handanovic

[King Gizzard]

Alot of serie B players in their team too

[King Gizzard]

Italian national anthem <3

[Drew.]

great goal

[King Gizzard]

lovely goal, saponara playing for milan next season

[King Gizzard]

Someone suggested McLaren took the England u21 job...if he would, I'd welcome him in a heartbeat, good coach, just a knob

[King Gizzard]

Hoddle too

[Drew.]

Someone suggested McLaren took the England u21 job...if he would, I'd welcome him in a heartbeat, good coach, just a knob

anyone except from Pearce will do

[King Gizzard]

Gabbiadiniii

[Drew.]

im going to treat Insigne to a bottle of hair dye

[King Gizzard]

hope he's not out of this tournament

[Drew.]

wait, i switched to BGT for a second and missed what happened, why has he gone off?

[King Gizzard]

Got injured, looked in a lot of pain

[King Gizzard]

gabbiadini :worship: Wonder if he'll ever get a chance at Juventus

[Drew.]

oh no thats not good

[Drew.]

worth putting money on him getting a hat-trick

[Drew.]

spoke too soon

[Drew.]

Netherlands U21 v Russia U21 -17:00pm-

Germany U21 v Spain U21 -19:30pm-

[King Gizzard]

Germany out of the tournament then

[King Gizzard]

It is probably worth putting in more teams so it isn't so predictable after the first set of games

[Drew.]

it would definitely be better with 4 groups.. 8 teams for a tournament isn't really a lot

[Drew.]

cant wait to watch Spain and Isco again though

[King Gizzard]

just put two more teams in each group

[King Gizzard]

or not

[Drew.]

i remember the 2010 world cup there were 3 games on in a row everyday for 2 weeks.. same again next year i hope

[Drew.]

Netherlands XI vs Russia: Zoet; Van Rhijn, De Vrij, Martins Indi, Blind; Strootman, Van Ginkel, Maher; Wijnaldum, De Jong, Ola John

pretty much the same line up

[Drew.]

Dzagoev is back

http://static.sport360.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/main_image/13-Dzagoev-crop.jpg

[King Gizzard]

Was with russia for their games then travelled to link up with the squad..why couldn't Jones and Ox do that

[Drew.]

exxxxactly.. we will never know unfortunately.

[King Gizzard]

Doubt they'd have made much of a difference, but still, shows how we don't really give a **** about this tournament..

There isn't any build up because of the darts, look at that guys hair

[Drew.]

i just caught a glimpse of that before it went into the ads.. was that a lizard on his head?

[Drew.]

I dont want to watch darts

[King Gizzard]

****ing sky

[King Gizzard]

stadium is dead

[Drew.]

Martin Tyler sounds bored

[King Gizzard]

the stadium is full of scouts according to this guy who works at the Guardian, everyone who is anyone is there

[Drew.]

yeah there are scouts from all over Europe there, think we have scouts at the game too

[King Gizzard]

Wijnaldum at 22 has 176 first team appearances for Feyenoord and PSV

[Brother Leon]

BANG!

[Drew.]

you'd think he'll be on the move after this tournament then :laugh:

[Brother Leon]

Our Youth>>>The seniors tbh lol

[King Gizzard]

this team basically is their senior team, their full squad is terrible at the moment because of it:

http://uk.soccerway.com/teams/netherlands/netherlands/

[Drew.]

the only real good players in that squad are all 29+

[King Gizzard]

Heitinga Vlaar is an awful pairing (I do like Vlaar but he really isn't that great)

[Brother Leon]

The names I meant really by senior squad was Heitinga and VAN DER WIEL THE USELESS TWAT. :joker:

[Drew.]

red? WHAT?

[Brother Leon]

De Jong :joker:

[Drew.]

Spain XI vs Germany: De Gea; Montoya, Marc Bartra, Íñigo Martínez, Alberto Moreno; Illarramendi, Thiago, Koke; Isco, Tello, Rodrigo

Muniain out Koke in

[King Gizzard]

http://i.imgur.com/XczdHoU.jpg

[Drew.]

the least looking Spanish player in the squad

[King Gizzard]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22834727

we are doomed

[Drew.]

we are very doomed, basically the aim for u21s is to get into the main squad now

[King Gizzard]

and then you have the dinosaur Roy hodgson as your manager

[Drew.]

will be looking to get myself out of the country in the next year and becoming Spanish and supporting them in the WC then

[King Gizzard]

and change your name to señaló

[Drew.]

or i could move to Brazil and finally become "Dreca" yeaaaahh

[King Gizzard]

Norway could still top the group

[Drew.]

decided to stick to the England game and, well.. YAWN

[King Gizzard]

he's just got completely mullered by the post

[Drew.]

:laugh2:

[King Gizzard]

lol

[King Gizzard]

Penalty for....Norway!

[King Gizzard]

Strandberggggg 1-0 Norway

[King Gizzard]

1-1 Italy win the group afterall

[Drew.]

ahhh how did Norway not hold on

[bbfan1991]

Oh dear, we are so awful:joker:.

[King Gizzard]

Netherlands to destroy Spain today, although Spain probably have better backup players than Netherlands

[King Gizzard]

Completely different 11 from Holland

[King Gizzard]

Holland have so much talent, Memphis Depay, Tonny Vilhena, Clasie, Fer all can't get into the first u21 side

[King Gizzard]

Isco'll be a big signing for whoever gets him. On another level to everyone else

[King Gizzard]

de Gea has been good

[Drew.]

only got in to see the last 15 minutes.. from what i saw it just looked like typical dominant Spain.. they'll go on to win the tournament

[King Gizzard]

Isco's touch and finish for that goal...

[Drew.]

just seen it again.. i want him at Arsenal badly :laugh:

[Drew.]

didnt realize it started at 4:30

[bbfan1991]

Anyone watching Spain vs Norway now?:)

[Drew.]

Isco is just so good to watch

[bbfan1991]

Yeah he is class, hoping he goes to Real Madrid instead of Manchester City though:p.

I like the look of Thiago too, so hope that United try to sign him before his release clause goes up.

[bbfan1991]

Spain finally get a deserved goal through Rodrigo just before the HT whistle went.

[Drew.]

Rodrigo finally scores

[bbfan1991]

Quality goals by Isco and Morata, so Spain U-21's are deservedly in the final:).

[Drew.]

Final today Spain - Italy 5pm K/O

[King Gizzard]

Morata starts

[Drew.]

about time Morata starts

Spain - De Gea; Montoya, Bartra, Íñigo Martínez, Moreno; Koke, Illarramendi, Thiago; Tello, Isco, Morata

Italy - Bardi; Donati, Caldirola, Bianchetti, Regini; Florenzi, Verratti, Rossi; Insigne, Immobile, Borini.

[Drew.]

Thiagooo

[Drew.]

Immobile! 1-1, game on

[bbfan1991]

2-1 to Spain. Good goal by Thiago Alcantara:).

[Drew.]

Thiago again 3-1, first half hat-trick

[King Gizzard]

Barca and Brazil both mugs for neglecting him

[Drew.]

Isco. 4-1. Game over

[Drew.]

Spain win u21 Championship 4-2

[King Gizzard]

cool

[Drew.]

bye thread