Posted July 25, 201113 yr Colombia is the host country of the FIFA 2011 Under-20 World Cup, that begins July 29. The inaugural game will be England-North Korea Group A: Colombia, France, South Korea, Mali Group B: Portugal, Uruguay, Cameroon, New Zealand Group C: Spain, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Australia Group D: Nigeria, Croatia, Guatemala, Saudi Arabia Group E: Brazil, Egypt, Austria, Panama Group F: England, Argentina, Mexico, North Korea
July 25, 201113 yr Author ENGLAND SQUAD Head coach: Brian Eastick[24] 0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Jack Butland / 10 March 1993 (aged 18) 0 0 Birmingham City 2 DF Blair Adams / 08 September 1991 (aged 19) 0 0 Sunderland 3 DF Nathan Baker / 23 April 1991 (aged 20) 0 0 Aston Villa 4 FW Saido Berahino / 04 August 1993 (aged 17) 0 0 West Bromwich Albion 5 MF Reece Brown / 1 November 1991 (aged 19) 1 0 Manchester United 6 DF Ben Gordon / 2 March 1991 (aged 20) 0 0 Chelsea 7 DF James Hurst / 31 January 1992 (aged 19) 0 0 West Bromwich Albion 8 MF Billy Knott / 28 December 1992 (aged 18) 0 0 Sunderland 9 MF Jason Lowe / 2 September 1991 (aged 19) 1 0 Blackburn Rovers 10 FW Callum McManaman / 25 April 1991 (aged 20) 0 0 Wigan Athletic 11 FW Josh Morris / 30 September 1991 (aged 19) 1 0 Blackburn Rovers 12 FW Michael Ngoo / 23 October 1992 (aged 18) 3 0 Liverpool 13 GK Lee Nicholls / 5 October 1992 (aged 18) 0 0 Wigan Athletic 14 FW Ryan Noble / 11 June 1991 (aged 20) 0 0 Sunderland 15 MF Dean Parrett / 16 November 1991 (aged 19) 1 0 Tottenham Hotspur 16 MF Matt Phillips / 13 March 1991 (aged 20) 1 0 Blackpool 17 DF Adam Smith / 29 April 1991 (aged 20) 1 0 Tottenham Hotspur 18 DF George Taft / 29 July 1993 (aged 18) 0 0 Leicester City 19 DF Reece Wabara / 28 December 1991 (aged 19) 1 0 Manchester City 20 MF James Wallace / 19 December 1991 (aged 19) 1 0 Everton 21 GK Jak Alnwick / 17 June 1993 (aged 18) 0 0 Newcastle United
August 1, 201113 yr Author South Korea 2:0 Mali Colombia 4:1 France Cameroon 1:1 New Zealand Portugal 0:0 Uruguay Spain 4:1 Costa Rica Australia 1:1 Ecuador Nigeria 5:0 Guatemala Saudi Arabia 2:0 Croatia Brazil 1:1 Egypt Austria 0:0 Panama England 0:0 North Korea Argentina 1:0 Mexico
August 1, 201113 yr We drew with NORTH KOREA? I hear we were going to be an embarassment but that's taking it too far... I assumed all NK's players would be in the army?
August 2, 201113 yr Author England 0:0 Argentina Mexico 3:0 North Korea Egypt 1:0 Panama Brazil 3:0 Austria
August 3, 201113 yr Author Portugal 1:0 Cameroon Uruguay 1:1 New Zealand France 3:1 South Korea Colombia 2:0 Mali
August 4, 201113 yr Author Saudi Arabia 6:0 Guatemala :blink: Nigeria 5:2 Croatia :blink: Spain 2:0 Ecuador Costa Rica 3:2 Australia
August 4, 201113 yr We drew with NORTH KOREA? I hear we were going to be an embarassment but that's taking it too far... I assumed all NK's players would be in the army? They daren't lose :lol:
August 4, 201113 yr We drew with NORTH KOREA? I hear we were going to be an embarassment but that's taking it too far... I assumed all NK's players would be in the army? I would guess North Korea would be closer to full strength. The best English players will be back with their clubs.
August 4, 201113 yr Is anyone from the England squad even decent ? The only player I know is Michael NGoo & I personally don't rate him very highly I would guess North Korea would be closer to full strength. The best English players will be back with their clubs. Yep. I know that Liverpool pulled out two players, so they could be involved with pre-season Odd time to have a tournament
August 4, 201113 yr Matt Phillips played a lot for Blackpool last season, although a lot was from the bench. Him, Nathan Baker and Ben Gordon are very good players. I'd be surprised if they weren't in the next under 21s squad to replace those that are now too old.
August 5, 201113 yr Author Brazil 4:0 Panama Egypt 4:0 Austria Argentina 3:0 North Korea England 0:0 Mexico
August 5, 201113 yr I would guess North Korea would be closer to full strength. The best English players will be back with their clubs. Henry Winter, the Telegraph journalist, reckons there are at least 35 players 'missing' from the England squad. :|
August 6, 201113 yr Author Portugal 1:0 New Zealand Cameroon 1:0 Uruguay Colombia 1:0 South Korea France 2:0 Mali So far, Colombia, France, Portugal, Cameroon, Spain, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Egypt, Argentina, Mexico, England and South Korea are thorugh to round 2.
August 6, 201113 yr So England are through without scoring a goal. Doesn't it make you proud? That's one of the biggest flaws with the 24-team format. Italy did something similar in the World Cup when it was 24 teams. I think they may even have gone on to win it that year (or at least reach the final).
August 6, 201113 yr Author So England are through without scoring a goal. Doesn't it make you proud? That's one of the biggest flaws with the 24-team format. Italy did something similar in the World Cup when it was 24 teams. I think they may even have gone on to win it that year (or at least reach the final). You must be talking about the 1982 World Cup. But back then, there was a second group stage. Italy managed to scrape through round 1 with 3 ties but then went on to beat France and Brazil in the second group stage, and then move on until winning the final against West Germany. The last 16 knock-up rounds only began in the 1986, therefore also qualifying the four best third-placed teams, and it went on until the World Cup was enlarged to 32 teams in 1998. The U-20 World Cup has used the 24 team format since 1997 and the U-17 World Cup since 2007. The Euro championships ares due to adopt the same format starting in 2016. Edited August 6, 201113 yr by N-S
August 7, 201113 yr You must be talking about the 1982 World Cup. But back then, there was a second group stage. Italy managed to scrape through round 1 with 3 ties but then went on to beat France and Brazil in the second group stage, and then move on until winning the final against West Germany. The last 16 knock-up rounds only began in the 1986, therefore also qualifying the four best third-placed teams, and it went on until the World Cup was enlarged to 32 teams in 1998. The U-20 World Cup has used the 24 team format since 1997 and the U-17 World Cup since 2007. The Euro championships ares due to adopt the same format starting in 2016. That's the one. Italy did score in the first round but they didn't win any games. I know the Euros are about to expand to 24 teams. That was one reason why I made the point about a team being able to get through the first stage without scoring a goal in a 24 team tournament. That is a ridiculous format. 20 teams is just about workable. You have four groups of five and the lowest ranked team in each group misses out on the final set of matches on the assumption that they will have been eliminated by then. There is no satisfactory way of organising a 24 team event.
August 7, 201113 yr Author Nigeria 2:0 Saudi Arabia Guatemala 1:0 Croatia Spain 5:1 Australia Ecuador 3:0 Costa Rica
August 7, 201113 yr Author ROUND 2 MATCHES Colombia - Costa Rica Cameroon - Mexico Brazil - Saudi Arabia Spain - South Korea France - Ecuador Nigeria - England Argentina - Egypt Portugal - Guatemala
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