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 [...]

Italy 0 – Serbia 0

Pre-tournament favourites Italy had to settle for a goalless draw in Helsingborg against a lively Serbian side. In truth, it was the Serbian underdogs who came closest to scoring – midfielder Gojko Kacar hitting the post late on with an acrobatic volley – despite the Italians’ vast superority on the shot count. It was Serbia [...]

Pearce responds to injury crisis

ENGLAND manager Stuart Pearce has called up two fresh faces to his squad for this summer’s European Championship. Newcastle defender and under-21 skipper Steven Taylor was forced to withdraw with an achilles injury, and has been replaced by Richard Stearman of Wolverhampton Wanderers. Stearman has two under-21 caps to his name and was an ever-present for Wolves in [...]

Manchester United’s Tosic in final Serbia squad

SERBIA manager Slobodan Krčmarević has announced his final squad of 23 for this summer’s competition with Manchester United left-winger Zoran Tosic included. Fellow Manchester United team-mate Adem Ljajić is left out along with Danijel Aleksić, who will both play at the Under-19 European Championships instead. The squad boasts a lot of senior experience with the [...]