{"id":203147,"date":"2025-06-21T18:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T18:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/203147\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T18:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T18:18:09","slug":"spain-v-england-european-under-21-championship-quarter-final-live-european-under-21-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/203147\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain v England: European Under-21 Championship quarter-final \u2013 live | European Under-21 Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key events<\/p>\n<p>Show key events only<\/p>\n<p>Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\"><strong>Lee Carsley is hoping success with England Under-21 would be a great boost to the confidence of British coaches.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cIt\u2019s a great chance for us to enhance our reputation because I think that\u2019s a big thing,\u201d said Carsley. \u201cWe talk about British coaches getting more opportunities and, at this stage, if a British coach can go against a Spanish coach and the team can really perform well it helps not just myself but British coaches in general. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019m flying the flag, but it\u2019s important when people watch the under-21s at home they\u2019re excited by the way they\u2019re playing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cWe want to see real attacking football, aggressive football, because you know what we\u2019ve done in the past has got us to this position. If we\u2019re going to win major tournaments, these are the moments where we have to step up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Spain v England: European Under-21 Championship quarter-final \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2025\/jun\/21\/spain-v-england-european-under-21-championship-quarter-final-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6856f1788f0808294ac4b11c#block-6856f1788f0808294ac4b11c\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1v00ko5\">Share<\/a>Starting lineups<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\"><strong>Spain (4-2-3-1):<\/strong> Iturbe; Pubill, Tarrega, Mosquera, Bueno; Guerra, Turrientes; Juanlu, Moleiro, Lopez; Joseph<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\"><strong>Subs:<\/strong> Fraga, Cunat, Rafa Marin, Torre, Moro, Garcia, Jaureguizar, Herzog, Rodriguez, Fernandez, Pablo Marin<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\"><strong>England (4-2-3-1):<\/strong> Beadle; Hinshelwood, Quansah, Cresswell, Livramento; Scott, Morton; Elliott, McAtee, Hutchinson; Stansfield<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\"><strong>Subs:<\/strong> Simkin, Sharman-Lowe, Edwards, Hackney, Fellows, Anderson, Rowe, Norton-Cuffy, Gray, Egan-Riley, Iling-Junior, Nwaneri<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Spain v England: European Under-21 Championship quarter-final \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2025\/jun\/21\/spain-v-england-european-under-21-championship-quarter-final-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6856f1608f0840982823c112#block-6856f1608f0840982823c112\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1v00ko5\">Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Holders England have struggled through to this point, which is probably not ideal preparation for facing the tournament favourites Spain. Lee Carsley\u2019s side lost to Germany\u2019s second string last time out and do so in relatively meek fashion. They dominated possession but were impressively blunt in the final third.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">There is plenty of quality at Carsley\u2019s disposal but they are missing a No 9. Jay Stansfield made a difference against Germany and might get the nod here over Jonathan Rowe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">England beat Spain two years ago to win the competition but this is a very different squad and with key men at the Club World Cup, they are doing their best but do not give the impression of going all the way. That could all change with a dominant display here but the past week has not suggested such a thing is coming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\"><strong>Kick-off 8pm BST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Spain v England: European Under-21 Championship quarter-final \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2025\/jun\/21\/spain-v-england-european-under-21-championship-quarter-final-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6853dab18f0849c48536a064#block-6853dab18f0849c48536a064\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1v00ko5\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Lee Carsley is hoping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-203147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114722734343659167","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}