2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

[Lineker]

GROUP A

Czech Republic (hosts)

Denmark

Germany

Serbia

GROUP B

England

Italy

Portugal

Sweden

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Squads

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Tournament runs from 17th June till 30th June, with matches being broadcast in the UK on BT Sport.

[Jimmy]

I really like the team we've taken. Not expecting us to win it or anything, but we've had a good run coming into it, and most of the players we've take seem like they really wanna play.

[Lineker]

Saido Berahino is out of the tournament with a knee injury. Benik Afobe has been called up as his replacement.

[MDK]

Just seen that. Bit of a blow.

[TCO]

Watching the highlights of day 1 and my FM hero Pione Sisto came off to bench to score the winner for Denmark! Cool story too because he only got his Danish passport 6 months ago and already has 4 goals in 2 appearances for the U21s as well as a senior call up last week.

[Jimmy]

We actually played some tidy football, but Portugal were just better. Pritchard looked like such a threat when he came on, crazy that he didn't start.

[Blue Rosler]

You know England are fucking shit when you find yourself rooting for the other team.

Even if it was England vs ISIS, by the second half you'd be thinking 'Oh, come on you jihadi bastards, score!'

[Lineker]

Alex Pritchard is out of the tournament after suffering knee ligament damage in the win over Sweden. Hopefully he'll be fit to try and impress Poch during pre-season.

[9 to 5]

It shows how mental I am when I put on the Denmark game to watch some of my kids from FM, only to realise they are regens.

[Lineker]

England: Butland, Jenkinson, Stones, Gibson, Garbutt, Chalobah, Forster-Caskey, Redmond, Ings, Lingard, Kane.

Subs: Bond, Ward-Prowse, Carroll, Keane, Afobe, Hughes, Moore, Chambers, Targett, Loftus-Cheek, Bettinelli.

Italy: Bardi, Zappacosta, Rugani, Romagnoli, Biraghi, Benassi, Crisetig, Cataldi, Berardi, Belotti, Trotta.

Subs: Sportiello, Sabelli, VIviani, Bernardeschi, Barba, Bianchetti, Baselli, Izzo, Battocchio, Verdi, Leali.

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia).

The last Italy Under-21 team to lose to England had Gianluigi Buffon and Francesco Totti in the side...

[Lineker]

We're getting drubbed 3-0.

Steve McManaman inadvertently said "I thought we were high, to have such wrong expectations”. Most accurate comment of BT’s coverage so far.

[brenchill]

England at it again in tournaments.

[TCO]

You can't say the U21s don't benefit from big tournament experience. They'll know exactly how it feels to get knocked out early and disappoint everyone going into Euro 2016 and beyond.

[brenchill]

Harry Kane gaining valuable experience here.

[Lineker]

Stonking consolation goal from Redmond though.

[DavidMarrio]

Redmond goal was a cracker.

England are shit on multiple levels!

[Lineker]

Portugal smashed Germany 5-0!

Sweden leading Denmark 2-0 in the second semi.

[Lineker]

Sweden have won the tournament, beating Portugal 4-3 on penalties in the final.

[DavidMarrio]

Some good performances that match, good defensive maturity from both sides considering it's an u21s game.

Ilori looked good, would hope he gets a chance this season instead of getting loaned out. If he does go out on loan hopefully it's to a Prem team.