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 [...]

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 [...]

Day 15 – Sunday 28th June – The attack of the killer seaweed

WITH just one day to go till the big finale, we had a free day in Malmo to do as we wanted. Unfortunately my good night’s sleep was cut short by the random Scottish guy gathering his clutter, which had somehow made its way all around the room, rather like my unamed younger brother’s bedroom. [...]

Day 14 & 15 photos

Here are all our pics from a couple of days spent chilling around the beach in Malmo.