Well on the basis of that I can't see anybody beating Portugal. That was a brilliant team performance.
U21 Euro Championships 2015
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Oh boy, shame I haven't watched this match, seems like a great fun.
Denmark vs Sweden coming up. Should be a good match
What the flying shit happened to Germany?
I didn't know the Portugal vs Germany game was on at 5, I missed it. 
I thought it was one semi tonight and one tomorrow.
I thought it was one semi tonight and one tomorrow.5 fecking nil 
can't imagine this place if that happened to England.
can't imagine this place if that happened to England.5 fecking nil
Germany dicked us 4-0 in the final a few years ago
Penalty Sweden. Fingers crossed.
Looks like a poor call - just a coming together judging by the first angles.
1-0 Guidetti, that was a very composed finish.
2-0 Sweden
2-0. This feels weird. Sweden doesn't win stuff.
5 fecking nil
I´m thinking Germany´s system is due for another intervention, cause it only produces (attacking) midfielders and goalies on the male side. Defenders and strikers are shambolic. And the female side is also trending downwards technically and tactically. But there peak fitness, strength, organisation and the usually strong German goalkeeping history can compensate for a lot.
Red and white eyes. My blue and yellow eyes saw a clear cut penalty decision. He ran in to him from behind. Clumsy challenge. @Sly , a neutral's view?
Close Denmark
LOL. Everybody was like Germany vs. Portugal is the real final and Sweden is just trash. Lock Denmark in. Turns out it might have been the German group that was the weak one.
Yeah, it was a clumsy, reckless challenge. It´s harsh but i´d call it a pen too
If that was a pen then we would see around 10 pen in every match!
It was a penalty, he pushed him inside the box .
I really like what i've seen from the Swedish team so far this tournament. Alot more talent there than I thought. Lewicki has impressed me the most, he's like our own little Scholes.
Lucky Swedes. Debatable penalty and the second-best team for me. Hoping for a quick goal, feel like we're still in this.
Think he loses the ball in dangerous positions to often in this tournament
We certainly have a few problems in certain positions, but let's not go overboard. Spain for example didn't even qualify for the u21 Euro.. This summer we reached the final in the u17 Euro, the semifinal in the u21 Euro and the quarterfinal in the u20 World Cup. If 4-5 players out of those 3 teams become quality and good enough to start for the senior team, we don't have to worry about our nationalteam at all. Also, since UEFA started those youth tournaments in the 70's, we've won only 1 u21 Euro and reached one more final out of 22 tournaments. While I enjoy youth tournaments and think it's great that there's a bigger focus on them today, we shouldn't overrate them either.
True. Really appreciate his qualities overall though. Nilsson Lindelöf and Augustinsson are up there aswell along with a couple others.
I think our risk-limiting style and tactical maturity compensates for lacking the type of talent that the other teams has. These youth teams play very risky football and they lose the ball in dangerous areas so much that we don't need our own play to break them down.
I can't stand Helander.
Just win
Suck it, Denmark!Quaison!!!!
fecking get in there!!!!!!!
I think he heard you!
Oh come on! Well, best team lost. Hopefully Portugal will wipe the floor with Sweden too.
3-1.
Oh yes. Still I hope they tackle these issues and address them before we have another period like between 1996 and 2006. Clearly the youth system is pretty good, but for some reason it does not produce defenders or strikers. For the last 11 years Philip Lahm, Miroslav Klose and *insert CB here* have covered three crucial positions and behind them it always looked pretty dire. So they might have to tweak something there in the scouting or/and training to produce some proper fullbacks and strikers.
As for the women´s side. I think they are totally in the "rest on their laurels" phase.
Yeah I'm bitter, think we were extremely unlucky to lose that. Except for five minutes after that dubious penalty we dominated the entire match.
4-1
4-1 sooo happy
Wuuuaayyyyy!