Column U21 European Championships — Quarter-Finals Michael Kenrick 21 June 2025 14comments (last) The U21 Euros reach the knock-out stage with the quarter-finals in Slovakia this weekend: Saturday 21 June 202517:00 Portugal U21 0 - 1 Netherlands U21 — Channel 420:00 Spain U21 v England U21 — Channel 4Sunday 22 June 202517:00 Denmark U21 v France U21 — Channel 420:00 Germany U21 v Italy U21 — Channel 4 Reader Comments (14) 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 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