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England U21s have won the European Championship three times already - in 1982, 1984 and, most recently, in 2023. You might be wondering what those title-winning players went on to achieve following their respective victories, but look no further. Connor Myers has looked back at every England player who has lifted the trophy, from Tommy Caton and Terry Fenwick to Curtis Jones and Cole Palmer.
As always, feel free to email me this evening with any thoughts, feelings, opinions, predictions and all that jazz. Where are you watching/reading from? You might be tuning in from Glastonbury, or your back garden - either way, I want to hear from you!
Team news
England starting line-up: James Beadle; Tino Livramento, Jarell Quansah, Charlie Cresswell, Jack Hinshelwood; Harvey Elliott, Alex Scott, Elliot Anderson, Omari Hutchinson; James McAtee (C), Jay Stansfield. Substitutes: Ronnie Edwards, Hayden Hackney, Tom Fellows, Jonathan Rowe, Brooke Norton-Cruffy, Tommy Simkin, Archie Gray, CJ Egan-Riley, Samuel Iling-Junior, Ethan Nwaneri, Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Tyler Morton.
Germany starting line-up: Noah Atubolu; Nnamdi Collins, Nathaniel Brown, Bright Arrey-Mbi, Tim Oermann; Brajan Gruda, Eric Martel (C), Rocco Reitz, Paul Nebel; Nelson Weiper, Nick Woltemade. Substitutes: Tjark Ernst, Nahuel Noll, Max Rosenfelder, Ansgar Knauff, Merlin Röhl, Nicolo Tresoldi, Jan Thielmann, Lukas Ullrich, Jamil Siebert, Caspar Jander, Elias Baum, Paul Wanner.
Preamble
Hello, good evening and welcome to coverage of the European Under-21 Championship final! Reigning champions England face Germany in Bratislava tonight with both teams eyeing their fourth title. These two sides faced each other just last Wednesday, with Germany clinching a 2-1 win thanks to goals from Ansgar Knauff and Nelson Weiper. However, the Young Lions head coach Lee Carsley is confident that his team can bounce back and take revenge when it most matters.
Thomas Tuchel and Julian Nagelsmann - the head coaches of the respective nations’ senior men’s teams - will both be in attendance at Tehelné Pole later this evening, scouting potential talent for next year’s World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The question is, who will be celebrating at the end of the night?
Kick-off is at 8pm BST - you don’t want to miss it!
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