Our team of the tournament

AFTER a thoroughly enjoyable tournament and 16 days of watching eight teams battle it out in four different locations, it was the Germans that came out on top.
On our walk back to the hostel after the night of the final myself and Mark both discussed which players would make it in to our teams of [...]

Day 16 – Monday 29th June – Losing to the Germans and losing sleep

JUNE 29, 2009. The date of the Final, and our last full day in Sweden.
To my excitement, England were still alive – just – after scraping through on penalties against the hosts, with Stuart Pearce’s boys up against the Germans (who else) in the showpiece occasion.
We opted to spend the hours leading up to the [...]

Day 16 photos

Here are all our snaps from the final between England and Germany.

Germany 4 – England 0

GERMANY claimed their first ever Under-21 European Championship crown after a comprehensive win over Stuart Pearce’s England side at the Malmo New Stadium.
Mesut Ozil was a thorn in the England side all night and after playing in Gonzalo Castro for Germany’s opener, he doubled their lead with a fizzing free-kick that eluded stand-in ‘keeper Scott [...]