Under 21 European Championship

I hadn't realised that the under 21 championship was on in Sweden.
I caught all of the England v Sweden game last night for a place in the finals.
England 3-0 up at half time & cruising and then allowed Sweden to come back & draw the game in the second half. Despite having a man (Campbell) sent off in extra time they came through 5-4 on penalties. First time they have qualified for the final in the competitions 31 years - despite having reached the semis 5 times!!
In the final they will face Germany (who else ) who beat Italy 1-0 in the other semi.
England are in for a tough time. Both their strikers are suspended, one of their centre halves & the goalkeeper - although I gather they are appealing the last.
The thing that surprised me were the number of Manchester City players (3, if not 4) who were playing. It looks like they are building some players for the future there as well as buying....

Not sure who is going to be the ref & assistants for the final Alan....
They drew 1-1 in the group stages so going to be tight I think.

Indeed a disappointing result after a good competition by the players.
The loss of the two main strikers & the first choice goalkeeper just too much.
Theo Walcott (who had already admitted he had not had a good tournament) played a lone strikers role - not exactly his forte when on song I would have thought.
As Astana says a good result to have got to the finals for the first time...