A Harvey Elliott aim and an help from Tyler Morton in additional time helped England efficiently defend their U21 European Championship title.
The Younger Lions confronted Germany in Saturday’s last, with Elliott and Jarell Quansah each within the beginning lineup and Morton becoming a member of them simply earlier than halftime.
England raced to a 2-0 lead inside 24 minutes, with Elliott scoring the opener together with his fifth aim of the event in outing quantity six.
The 22-year-old confidently tucked his effort away after his preliminary move ahead was deflected and in the end fell again to him within the field having continued his run.
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— UEFA Males’s Youth (@UEFAMensYouth) June 28, 2025
Elliott has been a constant presence for Lee Carsley’s facet throughout this summer time’s event, with a brace within the semi-final clinching their spot in Saturday’s last.
Ipswich’s Omari Hutchinson then made it 2-0 within the twenty fourth minute as England dominated proceedings and should have had a extra comfy buffer.
Morton was then launched to exchange the injured Alex Scott simply earlier than halftime and was caught out when 6’3” ahead Nelson Weiper leapt for a header to make it 2-1.
Germany levelled the scores simply after the hour mark with a deflected effort and have been then denied by the crossbar on the loss of life to see the sport despatched to additional time.
Elliott was withdrawn on the finish of the 90 minutes after one other tireless show, which noticed him create probably the most probabilities of any participant (3), as Carsley appeared to inject contemporary legs.
It was then Morton’s flip to have his lengthy overdue second with a fantastically whipped cross for Jonathan Rowe to complete simply moments after the sport restarted.
As for Quansah’s night, he made very important interventions all through and was not shy about striding away from his personal field with the ball in a Joel Matip-like method.
England in the end held on for a 3-2 win in additional time to efficiently defend their 2023 title – one which Elliott and Curtis Jones performed their half in.
It ends a topsy-turvy season for the Liverpool trio on a excessive, and they’re all anticipated to depart Anfield this summer time beginning with Quansah’s transfer to Bayer Leverkusen.
