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England Beneath-21s efficiently accomplished their European Beneath-21 Championship title defence with a 3-2 extra-time win over Germany Beneath-21s.
Lee Carsley’s facet gave up a 2-0 lead, however Jonathan Rowe got here off the bench at the beginning of the additional half-hour and wanted simply 85 seconds to make an affect and seal the win.
England made a quick begin, with Harvey Elliott pouncing onto the rebound of Omari Hutchinson’s saved shot to information a low effort into the bottom-right nook after simply 5 minutes.
The Younger Lions then made probably the most of their dominance, with James McAtee teeing up Hutchinson on the left of the field, and his low effort rolled by way of Noah Atubolu’s legs 19 minutes later.
McAtee’s first-time effort was pushed away by Atubolu within the fortieth minute, with Nelson Weiper then pulling one again for Germany six minutes later, sending a thumping header previous James Beadle.
Paul Nebel then netted a shocking equaliser on the hour mark, benefiting from a half-cleared nook as he bent a beautiful strike into the top-right nook, giving Beadle no likelihood.
Nebel got here closest to a normal-time winner, as chaos broke out in England’s field within the 93rd minute. He put his laces by way of a robust strike, solely to hit the crossbar.
Rowe made an instantaneous affect after being launched at the beginning of additional time, stooping low to deftly flip Tyler Morton’s cross in on the far publish.
Germany piled the stress on after that, however England defended staunchly and survived a late scare as Merlin Rohl rattled the bar, to win the Euros for the second version operating.
FULL-TIME IN BRATISLAVA!!
OUR #YOUNGLIONS ARE BACK-TO-BACK EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS! pic.twitter.com/nnMwbKy03U
— England (@England) June 28, 2025
Information Debrief: Rowe has the golden contact
England appeared shaken on the hour after giving up what had appeared a reasonably snug 2-0 lead, however they rallied brilliantly.
Elliott has been a standout performer, scoring his fifth aim within the match to open the scoring, however the plaudits go to Rowe, who scored together with his solely shot of the sport.
He contributed 0.37 anticipated objectives (xG) to England’s total whole of 1.57 and scored with what gave the impression to be his first contact of the match.
By profitable their second consecutive title, England have now matched the feat of the 1982 and 1984 squads.
