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England U-21 and Spain U-21 locked horns in the final of the UEFA Euro U-21 on Saturday, the 8th of June. Both teams contested in a high-voltage game that went on to let the football fans wait till the last minute for the result. Eventually, the English boys emerged victorious in the end, owing to the sensational save by James Trafford in the 99th minute of the match.
Subsequently, the fans were also ecstatic following this amazing achievement of the England U-21 team in the UEFA Euro after a long wait of 39 years. They last won this title back in the year 1984.
The fans took to Twitter to express their happiness and shower praises on young England boys for this historic achievement. Fans also came up with praises for the young sensational goalie James Trafford who ended up the tournament with six complete clean sheets and not conceded even a single goal in the tournament.
Hereโs how fans reacted:
England U21 just beat Spain in Euros U21 final and Real Madrid just spent 100m+ on a Birmingham product.. ๐ https://t.co/B5D47ln9gp
โ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐ (@Abdulherphyz) July 9, 2023
Englandโs success at youth level in recent years:
โ England Extra (@EnglandExtra) July 9, 2023
๐ 2017 U20 World Cup winners
๐ 2017 U19 Euros winners
๐ 2017 Toulon winners
๐ 2018 U17 World Cup winners
๐ 2018 Toulon winners
๐ 2022 U19 Euros winners
๐ 2023 U21 Euros winners
The future is bright ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ pic.twitter.com/07jX8V1NPw
Just caught up with the U21's
โ Neil ๐ต๐บโฝ (@NJHag) July 9, 2023
Great achievement, hopefully some can make the step up to the seniors.
Colwill and Gibbs White could be ready.
A double next summer in Germany on the cards?#England
CONGRATS ENGLAND U-21 !!
โ kolkatafootball.com (@Kol_Football) July 9, 2023
England wins U21 European Championship for first time in 39 years. They beat Spain 1-0 in the Euro 2023 U21 Championship final at the Batumi Arena stadium in Batumi, Georgia.
PIC - UEFA pic.twitter.com/VinIobHGm0
๐ Champions League
โ Sportskeeda Football (@skworldfootball) July 9, 2023
๐ Premier League
๐ FA Cup
๐ European U21 Championship
Cole Palmer's 2022-23 season was one to remember for a lifetime!๐โจ#ColePalmer #ManchesterCity #England #U21EURO #Football pic.twitter.com/Vq0K735MPp
Englandโs U21 squad is a talented bunch. Watched the highlights of the final and wow!
โ David Ibeh of The Misfit (@TherealDayve) July 9, 2023
Decision making in the final third was a flaw yesterday. They couldโve comfortably gone up with more goals.
The Spanish side too are highly talented. Look forward to seeing them in the future.
Congratulations to Englandโs U21 on winning the European Championship ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ pic.twitter.com/8cB38C5gMN
โ FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) July 9, 2023
With SIX clean sheets, England's James Trafford becomes the first goalkeeper to win the U21 EURO without conceding a goal.
โ Smart Psychopath (@SmartPsychopat1) July 9, 2023
Congratulations to former Rams midfielder Lee Carsley and his England U21 winners.
โ Stuart Forsyth (@sjforsyth) July 9, 2023
Speaking of the action of the match, the first 45 minutes went without any goal for both England and Spain. But in the 4th minute of the first halfโs extra time, Englandโs Curtis Jones came with an impressive field goal to take his team a lead on the scoresheet.
Whereas, Spain dominated the rest of the match in most of the sections and stats except the one goal they conceded to Curtis Jones. Spain had 21 shots to their name in comparison to only 8 shots of England. On the other hand, England smashed 6 shots on target, two more than 4 shots on target smashed by the Spanish side.
Apart from that, Spain kept 65% of ball possession with them in the entire match but they were outplayed by the young Lions who had only 35% of ball possession. Spainโs pass accuracy was also better than that of England with 86% in comparison to 77%.ย Spain received a total of 4 yellow cards alongside one red card whereas England was given 3 yellow cards with one red card.