Posted on July 3, 2009 by houlks
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 [...]
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Posted on June 27, 2009 by Mark Perrow
ENGLAND laid two demons to rest to book their place in the Final.
Firstly, by beating Sweden, and secondly, on penalties, the Young Lions showed past England teams how to handle the pressure cooker of a semi-final against the host nation and somehow emerged victorious.
But as the scoreline suggests, not everything went England’s way – notably after [...]
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Posted on June 25, 2009 by Mark Perrow
ENGLAND face hosts Sweden tonight in the first of the semi-finals.
Stuart Pearce’s side took top spot in the tougher-looking group B thanks to victories over Finland and Spain, and a draw against Germany last time out.
Defeat to Italy on matchday two cost the Swedes top spot in group A, but the hosts have still found [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2009 by Mark Perrow
SPAIN won their first match of the tournament but it wasn’t enough to seal a passage to the semi-finals.
Juan Ramon Lopez Caro’s team were relying on an England victory over Germany in Halmstad, but Stuart Pearce’s much-changed team could not do Spain the favour they desperately needed.
Spain’s fate fell out of their hands when they lost to [...]
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