EURO u21

[Hamzah]

I remember playing football in school, the midfield would be totally cut out and a hoofball that one time out of three reaches the striker, the midfield just runs up and down and occasionally somone makes a horrible tackle (people like that though around here).

Just the culture of football in the UK i'm afraid.

 

[S7_MUFC]

Changing coaches won't magically turn these players into good. Changes at grassroot level needed in England. Less running, more playing with the ball.

It's been the same shit here in Norway, but it's been changing lately. More running around the pitch and interval training than actually playing football, that won't help the players with regards to their technical skills and development.

England have been producing some decent players technically but they are all too good for this level apparently...Only player who'll be regular for England on the pitch today is Kane and he's been good so far but midfield 2 have been absolutely shit..

 

[ThwiX]

How are Rugani and Romagnoli doing? Heard they got plenty of potential those two.

 

[BenRobbins]

I just don't understand....

How can the fa spend billions on grassroots and improving coaches and stuff yet still see no improvement? Its mind blowing. What are they teaching at these coaching courses? It is a shambles.

 

[S7_MUFC]

Italy going through as things stand...

 

[zanela]

Mourinho to buy the entire back 5 of this POR side. Clean sheet galore.

 

[zanela]

Nvm. Mourinho changed his mind. They just got scored on. Their first thus far.

Semifinals:

POR - GER

DEN - SWE

Volland and Co. have an uphill task breaking down a well-drilled opponent.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Nvm. Mourinho changed his mind. They just got scored on. Their first thus far.

Semifinals:

POR - GER

DEN - SWE

Volland and Co. have an uphill task breaking down a well-drilled opponent.

Well,they have done the primary object at least and qualified to the Olympics

 

[Jenks]

I just don't understand....

How can the fa spend billions on grassroots and improving coaches and stuff yet still see no improvement? Its mind blowing.

Still? The major changes only happened a couple of years ago. It takes 10-15 years for that to bear fruit. The current German side is the result of changes that were made to German youth football around 2000-2002 when their national team was falling behind. There are still technical players being produced though, they're just not being used properly. Plus we still take B Teams to these tournaments expecting to do well and then the media is surprised when we don't. I mean, in the 2013 tournament we had Jason Lower starting in midfield for crying out loud.

 

[Luftstalag14]

Ter Stegen just got beaten, 0:1 trailing Portugal

 

[Barcaman]

Portugal deserved it too. Better team in this half an hour.

 

[Barcaman]

2-0! Stegen at fault partly. Every ball that goes in 5 meters from corner should be goalkeeper's.

 

[raki]

 

[Luftstalag14]

For some reason, Ter Stegen rarely does that well when he puts on the DFB jersey, at least in my memory.

 

[Kohe321]

3-0. Terrible defending by Germany, but a really nice goal nonetheless. Nothing Stegen could've done with that one really.