England will play Spain in the quarter-finals of the U-21 European Championship after they were beaten 2-1 by Germany in the final group match in Slovakia to finish second place in Group B.
The Lee Carsley team needed a victory in Nitra to go to the knockout tours in the first place, but although Germany has already qualified 11 changes, the ruling heroes struggled to impose themselves and waived both goals in the first half.
Eintracht Frankfurt Winger Ansgar Knauff and his head from striker Mainz from Mainz won the winners of 2023 to defeat and leave them to face pre -championship preferences – which they won in the last two years – in Tarnafa on Saturday.
Alex Scott of Bournemouth took advantage of his land 14 minutes from the time of the Ultra-Chchenson Cross to make him 2-1, but they could not simulate return from 5-1 to the bottom by their under 19 years against Germany on Tuesday.
However, Slovenia’s defeat of the Czech Republic in the other match in the group was sufficient to secure England traffic.
England lasted after only three minutes. Lucas Ulrich is a beautiful Qatari ball in the box that was drifted at the head of Liverpool defender Jarily Qawana, who was arrested flat, and Kenov broke it wonderfully before he wandered with her out of his right shoes behind James Bidel.
It was 2-0 before the end of the first half and the weak defense in England. This time, Knauff was supplied, swinging in a cross to the edge of the six box where weper jumped between Charlie CressWell and Jack Hinshelwood, overcoming both defenders of the ball and sending a tall head down in the corner.
Harvey Elliot criticized the crossbar from inside the box at the end of the first half, where the Carsley team sought to return to return before the break, then Elliot Anderson was rejected by a low stop from the goalkeeper TJARK ERNST.
The last minute of half in the partial darkness was played after the failure of the paths of the tracks inside the POD Zoborom Stadium.
The problem was fixed during the first half, but England found that its issues are a less clear solution, as it struggles to pressure Germany despite three changes from Carsley in the interval.
Hinshelwood had a golden opportunity to reduce the arrears in the 74th minute, but he made a bad manner his head from six yards out and sent him to sail over the bar. Scott gave hope when he turned the Hitchinson ball over the line.
Ernst saved brilliantly from the head of Chriswell while the Carsley team fought wonderfully, but to no avail.
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