Column 1 January 1970 45comments (last) This article may have been recategorised and is therefore no longer available at this URL. You can try to find the updated link in the article archive or in the News section. Reader Comments (45) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Michael Kenrick 1 Posted 21/06/2025 at 20:07:36 Ooo... penalty against England in the first minute. Referee gave it for clear handball by Creswell...But wait! VAR says go take a second look. Creswell was holding hands behind his back but released one and let it flap as the ball came in from 8 or so meters away Hmmm. Chalked off. Lucky England after very poor start. Michael Kenrick 2 Posted 21/06/2025 at 20:11:37 And James McAtee, once linked with a move to Everton, knocks one in from the first England corner. Liam Mogan 3 Posted 21/06/2025 at 20:12:19 England come back well after the penalty incident Brian Williams 4 Posted 21/06/2025 at 20:15:03 That's McAtee priced out of a move to us. 🤣 Michael Kenrick 5 Posted 21/06/2025 at 20:16:40 Jammy bastard kopites steal a squirly second for England. Michael Kenrick 6 Posted 21/06/2025 at 20:18:10 And they should have had a third with a fine fluid movement. Liam Mogan 7 Posted 21/06/2025 at 20:18:27 Playing some good football England and seem to have surprised Spain with their intensity. Robert Birks 8 Posted 21/06/2025 at 20:24:58 Can't we just replace the England side with tonight's U21 side?They play with far more freedom and without fear!! Liam Mogan 9 Posted 21/06/2025 at 20:47:46 No wonder the RS are looking to ship Quansah out. He's another TAA when it comes to actually defending. Michael Kenrick 10 Posted 21/06/2025 at 21:13:35 Some of Hutchinson's play has been excellent. But that was a poorly overhit cross when he should have dome more before getting hooked. Andrew Ellams 11 Posted 21/06/2025 at 21:25:35 Do England have an out and out striker in the squad? Liam Mogan 12 Posted 21/06/2025 at 21:46:47 Dont think they have much strength in that area Andrew.The lad who started the game, Stansfield, played in League 1 for Birmingham last season.Rowe, who is now playing there, scored 3 goals for Marseille all campaign. Michael Kenrick 13 Posted 21/06/2025 at 21:58:35 Late penalty for Lee Carsley's England seals the win and they progress to a semi-final against the Netherlands with a pretty impressive 3 - 1 win over the more favoured Spanish. Andrew Ellams 14 Posted 21/06/2025 at 22:33:37 Bit scary for England Liam with Kane probably only having one more tournament in him Michael Kenrick 15 Posted 22/06/2025 at 20:20:38 A player called T Barry came on after 72 minutes with France 2-1 down to Denmark. France scored two quick goals in the last 10 minutes to turn it around. "France were six minutes away from elimination before stunning Denmark with two late goals" — BBCAre we still linked? Doesn't anyone care?France will play Germany or Italy in Wednesday's semi-final, with England facing the Netherlands in the other last-four tie. Danny O'Neill 16 Posted 22/06/2025 at 20:55:56 Close between Germany and Italy. Woltemade showing glimpses. Looks a handful. Who is Nathaniel Brown? The name doesn't sound very German. Liam Mogan 17 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:15:48 Great goal by Italy. Peter Mills 18 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:17:14 It’s a very tedious game, Danny. I’m not sure Woltemade looks a Moyes type of player. How much are Joe Cole and Jermaine Defoe getting paid for saying nothing? And how can Italy keep playing in great kits, while Germany look like Marine 1972-73?And, with that, Italy score, and the desperate German right back reminds me of my former self. Liam Mogan 19 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:19:01 Joe Hart is worse, Peter. He just waffles on! Liam Mogan 20 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:19:55 Woltemade's not impressed me either Michael Kenrick 21 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:24:48 That was a great goal from the Burnley lad, Luca Koleosho. Paul Hewitt 22 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:25:53 Your were saying, Liam.😆 Peter Mills 23 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:26:20 And, with that…. Liam Mogan 24 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:26:27 Knew Woltemade would score once I said that! 🤣 Paul Hewitt 25 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:27:08 He reminds me of a German Peter Crouch. Gavin Johnson 26 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:27:12 I see Merlin Rohl has come on for Germany. A Moyes target who we allegedly bid for in the Jan window. Wouldn't at all be surprised if we revisit that one this summer. Danny O'Neill 27 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:33:59 Peter @18, I'm sure you could get up and down the line!!Good goal by Woltenmade. Bullied the central defenders. "Get out of my way"!!Until then, it was a game in which Germany were playing slow possession football, with Italy looking to go forward with pace and scored as a result.Then they sat back to defend the lead. Paul Hewitt 28 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:38:08 Silly tackle gnoto Liam Mogan 29 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:38:55 Stupid tackle when on a yellow Paul Hewitt 30 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:40:08 No need to make that type of tackle so far up the pitch Paul Hewitt 31 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:53:33 What a goal Neil Copeland 32 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:54:13 Wow, beautiful! Peter Mills 33 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:54:34 I love Italy. And I love it when they do something daft like that. Liam Mogan 34 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:55:28 Great free kick.Refs a bit of a tool though. Neil Copeland 35 Posted 22/06/2025 at 21:57:03 Extra time with only 9 men is going to be hard going but the Germans look gutted at that equaliser so, you never know… Colin Crooks 36 Posted 22/06/2025 at 22:01:32 Oh dearAnother half hour of this. Two very poor sides Danny O'Neill 37 Posted 22/06/2025 at 22:03:02 Who can predict football?Good watch. The 2 reds were deserved.I initially thought it was a poor header from Woltenmade, but in the replay, his body shape and the way he’s facing makes me think he meant it as a flick on,Outstanding free kick by the Italian. Paul Hewitt 38 Posted 22/06/2025 at 22:29:17 Game over Paul Hewitt 39 Posted 22/06/2025 at 22:30:01 Poor keeping that. Liam Mogan 40 Posted 22/06/2025 at 22:34:57 Got to feel for Italy, got nothing at all from ref Peter Mills 41 Posted 22/06/2025 at 22:39:42 Football. Once again:- “Bloody hell”. It’s why we keep watching. Danny O'Neill 42 Posted 22/06/2025 at 22:51:24 Great strike from. Rohl. Looks a good player. Liam Mogan 43 Posted 25/06/2025 at 17:58:35 The LW for the Dutch is like lightning. He's left Livramento for dead a few times in the first half.Shame he doesn't seem to be able to do much once he gets the ball under control. (He'll score 2nd half!) Liam Mogan 44 Posted 25/06/2025 at 18:46:30 Credit where's its due. Special goal from Harvey Elliott to put England 2-1 up. Ed Prytherch 45 Posted 25/06/2025 at 19:05:09 Great game, much more entertaining than our senior squad. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. How to get rid of these ads and support TW © ToffeeWeb