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Decent win in the end. Horrible pitch and toxic Turkish atmosphere. Nketiah our best player. Greenwood got about 30 minutes and showed his quality in moments. Ended up with Brewster, Nketiah and Greenwood on at the end so 3 number 9s?! Not sure where Greenwood was supposed to playing really.
They played a diamond and he was the number 10 dropping deeper, then switched to the LW a bit later. Did well considering.

The pitch looked awful and heavy.
 

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Greenwood looked like he was employed out wide on the left, but he played centrally as well. Confused about his supposed position as well. The run of play somewhat went by him and players didn't really pass to him either.
 

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They played a diamond and he was the number 10 dropping deeper, then switched to the LW a bit later. Did well considering.

The pitch looked awful and heavy.
Formation and selection looked shite. Shoehorning rated players in. Looked like 5-3-2 to me. Admittedly my stream wasn’t the best.
 

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Formation and selection looked shite. Shoehorning rated players in. Looked like 5-3-2 to me. Admittedly my stream wasn’t the best.
Yep don’t rate boothroyd at all. Perhaps this squad lacks natural width or the front boys are just so talented we have to get them on the pitch. Seemed a weird game.
 

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Definitely started with 5-3-2 then changed to 4 at the back when Greenwood came on. Looked like he was a number 10 then moved to LW when Brewster came on. Looked lively, couple of nice runs.

Two nice finishes by Nketiah. First touch for his 2nd was great. Foden looked good although could've been his man that scored Turkey's 2nd from a corner. Nelson missed a great chance at 1-1. Panzo looked pretty good on the ball.
 

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Decent win in the end. Horrible pitch and toxic Turkish atmosphere. Nketiah our best player. Greenwood got about 30 minutes and showed his quality in moments. Ended up with Brewster, Nketiah and Greenwood on at the end so 3 number 9s?! Not sure where Greenwood was supposed to playing really.
I couldn't watch the match because of work but sorry mate that wasn't a "decent win".....i don't accept the excuses that the squad is very young and they haven't played much senior football because this turkish side is not good (For example that would be as our senior side would only win 3-2 against Ireland or Greece)......with the right coach (Like you have rightly said in a other post "Formation and selection looked shite. Shoehorning rated players in") the result should have been a easy win.
 

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Starting XI: Boyce-Clarke - Kenneh, Monlouis, Quansah, Samuels - Musiala, Simons, Raymond - Elliott, Barry, Dobbin
Substitutes: Bellingham -> Musiala 72 & Onyango -> Dobbin 78
Substitutes not used: Richardson, Egan-Riley, Colwill, Norris, A.Ramsey, Iling-Junior & R.Richards

The other quarter-final results were...
Romania 1-3 Austria
Poland 2-1 Georgia
Norway 2-3 Switzerland

That means we are playing against Austria in the semi-final on Sunday.
 
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The U18's have started win a 3-2 against Australia in the Four-Nation Tournament (Hinckley, Hednesford, Alfreton & St George's Park).

Brazil have won 2-1 against South Korea in the other game.

Next opponent is Brazil on Sunday and then South Korea on Tuesday.

Team
Starting XI: Moulden - Livramento, Simeu, Wood-Gordon, Bondswell - Bate, Weir, Carvalho - Mighten, Stewart, Knight
Substitutes: Broome -> Moulden 46, Musah -> Bate 65, Rogers -> Knight 65, Madueke -> Carvalho 79, Gelhardt -> Stewart 79 & Palmer -> Mighten 79
Substitutes not used: Trafford, Mengi, Roberts & Azeez

Goals
0-1 Motic 5
1-1 Mighten 21
2-1 Mighten 36
3-1 Mighten 65
3-2 Ostler 75
 
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17s beat Austria 4-2 to get in the final. Xavi Simons managed to get sent off within a few minutes of coming on.


18s drew 1-1 with Brazil but were supposed to have been quite poor.
 

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17s beat Austria 4-2 to get in the final. Xavi Simons managed to get sent off within a few minutes of coming on.

Other results
Classification matches
Finland vs Romania 1-1, 2-4 penalty shoot-out
Georgia vs Norway 1-0
Semi-final
Poland vs Switzerland 4-1

Fixtures
Seventh-place playoff
Finland vs Norway
Fifth-place playoff
Romania vs Georgia
Third-place playoff
Switzerland vs Austria
Final
Poland vs England

Do you @Classical Mechanic know if there will be a live stream for the game against Poland?
 

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18s drew 1-1 with Brazil but were supposed to have been quite poor.
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Starting XI: Moulden - Livramento, Mengi, Wood-Gordon, Roberts - Azeez, Musah, Palmer - Madueke, Gelhardt, Rogers
Substitutes: Weir -> Palmer 65, Mighten -> Madueke 65, Carvalho -> Musah 76 & Stewart -> Gelhardt 87
Substitutes not used: Trafford, Broome, Simeu, Bondswell, Bate & Knight

Goalscorers
1-0 Musah 32 (Penalty)
1-1 Talles 50

Australia vs South Korea played 3-3...Australia have won the penalty shoot-out.

Table (before the last matchday)
1) England......--4--4-3
2) Brazil.......----4--3-2
3) Australia.....--2--5-6
4) South Korea--1--4-5

England will play their next and last match against South Korea on Tuesday.
 
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What a goal this was for the 17s, think it’s Louie Barry to Jude Bellingham for the finish.

Bellingham looks like the one who made the initial surging drive with the ball with the outlet pass, which eventually found its way to Barry who got the assist.
 

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The same formation against Kosovo at home :drool:

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Starting XI: Ramsdale - Aarons, Guehi, T.Chalobah, Godfrey, S.Sessegnon - Foden, Davies, Gibbs-White - Nketiah, Nelson
Bench: Balcombe, Trott, Justin, Wilmot, Panzo, O.Richards, Skipp, Eze, Cantwell, Diangana, M.Greenwood & Brewster
 

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The U20's have won 1-0 against Switzerland in Basel in the Elite League.
I couldn't watch the full match but i think England deserved the win because they were the better side and have had more shots on goal (Well the most were "baby shoots" :)).

Team
Starting XI:
Bursik - Lamptey, Ferguson, Gibson, B.Williams - Slattery, Shackleton, Tavernier - Clarke, Loader, L.Thomas (from Barnsley)
Substitutes: McGill -> Bursik 46, Tanganga -> Lamptey 62, Giles -> B.Williams 62, Gomes -> Slattery 76, Dozzell -> Shackelton 76, Bolton -> L.Thomas (from Barnsley) 83 & Leko -> Loader 83
Substitutes not used: Griffiths, Latibeaudiere & Gallagher

Goalscorer
0-1 Clarke 90+3

The other results
Netherlands 1-2 Germany
Poland 0-1 Portugal
Czech Republic 0-2 Italy

Table
1) Italy...................6....4-0
2) Germany.........---6....6-3
3) Portugal..........---4....3-2
4) England..............4....1-0
5) Switzerland.........1....2-3
6) Netherlands.....--.1....1-2
7) Poland................0....0-3
8) Czech Republic..--0....2-6
 
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The U19's have lost 0-1 a friendly against Germany in Steinbach.

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Starting XI:
Ashby-Hammond - Daley-Campbell, R.Williams, Binks, Saka - Anjorin, Maghoma, Mola - Jones, John-Jules, Whittaker
Substitutes: L.Thomas (from Leicester City) -> Whittaker 65, Doyle -> Maghoma 71, Gordon -> Anjorin 71 & Edmondson -> Jones 82
Substitutes not used: Dewhurst, Jeacock, Alese, Harwood-Bellis, Mumba, Sibley, J.Ramsey & Adshead

Goalscorer
1-0 Tauer 25 (https://www.ran.de/fussball/u21/video/1-0-dfb-junioren-fuehren-gegen-england-clip)
 
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That was a superb goal saving tackle from Aarons. Hopefully he’s not hurt too badly.
 

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Foden is a class above u21. I'd take him yo the Euros next year regardless of how much he plays this season.
 

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England u21s remind me uncannily of the England seniors under Sven.

Some nice football and a fairly decent record due to the sheer quality of the players but no real tactical identity either.
 

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England u21s remind me uncannily of the England seniors under Sven.

Some nice football and a fairly decent record due to the sheer quality of the players but no real tactical identity either.
It’s always like this with Boothroyd, less than the sum of our parts but mostly seem to get the win, There’s no patterns of play, just give it to Nelson or Foden and hope they do something.
 

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The U19's have lost 0-1 a friendly against Germany in Steinbach.

Team
Starting XI:
Ashby-Hammond - Daley-Campbell, R.Williams, Binks, Saka - Anjorin, Maghoma, Mola - Jones, John-Jules, Whittaker,
Bench: Dewhurst, Jeacock, Alese, Harwood-Bellis, L.Thomas (from Leicester City), Mumba, Sibley, J.Ramsey, Adshead, Doyle, Gordon & Edmondson

Goalscorer
1-0 Tauer 25 (https://www.ran.de/fussball/u21/video/1-0-dfb-junioren-fuehren-gegen-england-clip)
I watched the Germany game, we were the more talented side but conceded from a corner and Germany saw out the game by digging in with a strong defensive display. Another day we would have got something.
 

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The U17's are playing currently against Poland in the final of the Syrenka Cup.
2-2 at half-time....England were 2-0 up therefore it's of course disappointing that it's now level at half-time...all in all not really a good performance from both teams.

Team
Starting XI: Boyce-Clarke - Monlouis, Egan-Riley, Colwill, Norris - Musiala, Kenneh, Bellingham - Elliott, Barry, Iling-Junior
Substitutes: Richardson, Burns, Quansah, Samuels, Onyango & R.Richards
Substitutes not used: A.Ramsey -> Kenneh 68, Delap -> Iling-Junior 68, Raymond -> Musiala 80 & Dobbin -> Barry 80

Goalscorers
0-1 Elliott 4 (Penalty)
0-2 Musiala 9
1-2 Cielemecki 30
2-2 Kozlowski 38
 
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