England U21

FT

1 : 3

vs

HT 0 : 2

Italy U21

Harry Kane. He plays for Tottenham Hotspur. Had a great season this year, surprised you havent heard of him.

not that, i know who is Kane. but in U21 Kane like strange. not score as much goal in Tottenham Hotspurs.

my comment is just for kidding

I have tons of explanations, and things arent going to get better if the drastic changes arent applied like did Germany in 2006.

Lol, but they don't do that well outside of national team. They perform the same for both club and country. There aren't any world-class English players right now other than perhaps Joe Hart and Wayne Rooney.

No they don't perform same . By that logic , then USA national team should suck , because they don't have players who play for any top European side but they got out of the group of death and were whiskers away from going past talented world class Belgium and even beating Champions of WC Germans.

yeah sure, they should end the game with the result of 1 - 1, mmmh let me think, which was the result at the end of the game? ahha so ridiculous

nah he ain't a flop ... lots of good players cant perform in international matches

or maybe he just is a flop

BPL players are overpriced, the main reason being their age and homegrown restrictions of FA.

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL , JUST STFUP.....losers

BENASSI > welbeck, wilshere, ward prowse, chambers, iade chamberlain, Ross Barkley, Luke shaw, Kane, sterling,butland,Kane,Ings,Jenkinson

M8, Wilshere and Welbeck r not even playing for u 21...

that was sarcasm

no, it was not.

That was trolling...

Sure it was trolling the only one trolling is you tiki taka

you can actually blame the EPL. keep in mind that most of the Italian guys on the pitch play in Serie B. meaningless win anyway, Portugal and Sweden did the "biscotto", 1-1, and we go home.

English players don't get the chance and lack a good mentality. Sterling is a greedy pig at such a young age.

shpalman......i get your point. But in England, they have a league called Championship (just like Serie B) Many of the players are from there

Just some points. England has a mental barrier. It seems like England manifested "failing" into their mindsets. This is emphasized by Englands penalty shoutout statistics. Usually one player is hyped as the Messiah who will redeem England (Beckham, Rooney,...). There is no collective. The media focuses on failures too much. Success is a long term project (see Germany, they started in 2006). England needs a change of mentality (and maybe a philosophy to follow). Get a coach who can inspire an intrinsic motivation. Tabloid journalism cannot accomplish this!

Fuio.....just spot on!

Speaking of Sterling, Where the hell is he...??

@FesTus, same in Italy, hence my reference to Serie B. what i meant was, do not believe that Italian players get chances while English players don't, it works just the same. but at least in Italy we still have a good school and a League which is not ruled totally by money. Di Biagio could have called better players like Verratti, and he could also have fielded a better line up in the early matches, the one vs Sweden for example. but he didn't. that costed us the tournament. also, Italy didn't certainly have players who are priced 50mil tho'... another difference :)

good points

ahem...

Definitely not the best but some great players like Sterling did not play.

everything is relative to what you compare it with so maybe I would have to agree on Sterling being great compared to U21

this overused word 'great' needs to officially be banned from football related chats. How exactly is sterling a 'great' player? He runs like a duck and had a relatively poor season. He is yet another overhyped, overvalued and overpaid english 'talent'. tonight, rugani had harry kane in his pocket, yet according to the english media, he's the best thing since alan shearer. 40 million quoted....give me a break

They also have the best striker in the world in the name of HARRY KANE!!!!Rated at 45 Mil. EURO....

@milanlamiavita & @jak_juventus FA's homegrown regulations plans on increasing no. of home grown players while reducing overseas players. So if there is a good English player English clubs would pay a high amount to buy him. Thus the high price, but a foreign club would find such player worthless for such a high price. So he seems over rated to you.

Speaking of Sterling, Where the hell is he...??

@milanlamiavita, Sterling was a good prospect, then he got ruined.

so what? we still have our heads down in shame, because we are out of a tournament that we're the most successful in its history. beating england is nothing. at international level, they're pretty much a provincial nation

out because of Uefa rule....that's nothing....they showed good football that's everything

sti cazzi uefa rule. what are you talking about? in head to head, we lost to sweden. the whole goal difference solution is totally outdated. we got out deservedly as we could only beat the english.

Bhhhraaaaa..........head to head, is also an Uefa Rule , For example this rule work only in Serie A...In EPL nobady hear about this rule...Goal difference is the only solutions to put teams on the right place with the same points

What is EPL? Do you mean the premier league? ps. I studied in england and lived there for the best part of 5 years. nobody called the premiership / premier league, EPL? Also. Just because the 'EPL' is decided by goal difference, it doesn't mean its the rule of the bible. goal difference is retarded simply as towards the end of the season, a team fighting for the title might be playing a team fighting for europe, whilst another contender is playing a midtable team who have nothing to fight for. that team scoring a lot vs the team fighting for nothing is in no way indicative of their apparent superiority. head to head is the way forward.

Quit bitchin' you two. Italy played well against England. Collectively, they did not do enough to advance. End of story.

since when did a football discussion get categorized as 'bitchin'??

@milanlamiavita, me too i studied in Cambridge, but i keep calling it EPL, as in English Premier League. it should be BPL, but i hate calling things by their sponsor.