James Milner Makes John Terry Look Like Le Tissier
Twohundredpercent —
An extraordinary evening in Gothenburg saw the England under-21 team break a tournament jinx and make the final of the European Under-21 Championships with a penalty shootout win against the hosts Sweden last night. The England team hadn’t made the final of this competition prior to last night since winning it in 1984 but they have made the semi-finals of it five times since then, losing every time since then including a 13-12 defeat against the Netherlands two years ago. This, however, was a pretty remarkable evening all round, though.
That it went to penalties in the first place was something of a surprise. England had raced into a 3-0 ...
Gamesmanship during penalties England-Sweden
Moltocalcio —
First off,England won a game on penalties. Bravo.You've gotten over the hump.We Italians understand your pain all to well.See Italia 90 Semi Finals lost on Penalties to Argentina.USA 94 Lost on penalties in Finals to Brazil.Poor Baggio.France 98 quarter finals lost on penalties to France. So i can relate to your pain. Was this weekends England win on penalties enough to mask or help heal the pain of England's Semi final Loss to Germany in Italia90? Well maybe, maybe not, but considering most of these U21' will be in England's next two to three world cups,it sure helps allot. What made these penalties so unique was the slipping, booing,yellow card,GK ...
