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England U21 fell into a 2-1 defeat against Germany in his final game of the U21 European Championship, but still advanced to the quarterfinals as a runner-up.
In a game that England watched most of the ball, Ansgar Knuff and Nelson Weiper put Germany on the good two goals in the first half before Lee Carsley’s side advanced to the second, and passed again to Alex Scott.
Despite the result – which saw that Group B of Germany B with the highest points – the Carsley team moved to the last eight where they will be in Spain on Saturday evening in a repetition of the last two years ago.
Slovenia was hit by 2-0 by Chechen in the other game, as the possibility of an early departure for the winners of 2023 rarely seemed like a possibility.
Our #Younglions progress in the #U21euro The quarterfinals as group B runners -up, despite the defeat of tonight. pic.twitter.com/ogjac1im4x
– England (@england) June 18, 2025
German main coach, Antonio di Salvo, made 11 changes to the starting line, surely he knew that the passage from his side to the last eight had already secured before the launch.
And his team lost little time to try to impress. After three minutes, Lukas Ullrich’s perfect loftida fell on the head of Jarell Quansah to the feet of Knuff.
If the first touch of the Eintracht Frankfurt Winger was good, his second was sublime, climbing the ball to the corner far beyond James Beale to give Germany an early advantage.
Five minutes later, England approached an egalitative when Tim Oermann, Ethan Nwaneri’s ball, shining brightly from Tim Oermann’s bar, with Quansah inches of putting in contact with the ball.
Omani Hutchinson then shot before Jonathan Rowe put on the side network when a strike for the first time looked like the most desirable option.
But despite a promising response from England after being left behind, Germany doubled the advantage in 33 minutes when Weiper jumped between Jack Hinshelwood and Charlie Cresswell to excellently guide a header to the corner.
The task suddenly had become more difficult for young Carsley’s lions; A Floodlight went out in the middle of the half, which serves as a metaphor that is quite suitable for the hopes that ended with the winners of Group B.
Another perfect first half for our template U 21. 🔥#Dfb #Germanfootball #Germannt
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– German football (@dfb_team_en) June 18, 2025
But the grades of the last eight rarely took place in danger for England. Carsley made three changes to the break, introducing James McATEE, Jay Stansfield and Brooke Norton-Cuffy.
And again, England largely dominated the statistics of possession. The animated Norton-Fuffy struck a fun effort in the hands of Tjrk Ernst before Stansfield dragged a shot after a net turn in the box.
But the patient of Germany, the resolute play plan, was effective.
It is until the 76th minute that some excellent Hutchinson work on the left culminated in a scott touch to reduce half of the deficit.
England, who advanced in search of an equalizer, the head of Charlie Cresswell, which requires a brilliant savings of Ernst.
But Germany remained to get three victories of three and look forward to Italy Sunday. Meanwhile, for England, a date with a family enemy is waiting for Trnava in three days.