By Chris Wright
With England U21s needing a three-point haul from their final group game, it looked for all of 14 minutes like Danny Welbeck’s header was going to be enough to see Psycho’s youngsters through to the knock-out rounds of the U21 European Championships – that was until the Czech Republic pulled their fingers out, scored in the 89th minute and again with the final kick of the game (Jan Chramosta and Tomas Pekhart, both substitutes) thus hoisting themselves back above England in the table and through to meet Switzerland in the semis on Wednesday.
Man, that’s got to sting a little.
Photos…
The Viborg Stadion, Viborg – home of Viborg FF
Balls on display
Balls on display
Jordan Henderson reacts to an official’s decision
Phil Jones struggles to keep Jan Moravek at bay
Danny Welbeck dribbles past Marcel Gecov
Czech Republic coach Jakub Dovalil (the bald guy) engages in some hard thinking
England celebrate Danny Welbeck’s 76th-minute opener
Stuart Pearce marshals his troops
Daniel Sturridge keeps the ball from Jan Lecjaks
Marcel Gecov hooks the ball away from Tom Cleverley
Ondrej Mazuch celebrates with ‘keeper Tomas Vaclik
England mull around disconsolately after the final whistle
Poor mite Henri Lansbury can’t quite believe what just happened
England captain Phil Jones trudges off the pitch as the Czech side celebrate behind him
Highlights (catch them while you can)…
http://youtu.be/feYq2XqsvBE
Photos: PA