Never have I been so proud of an England football team than when I watched the U21 game against Holland U21 this evening. There was pace, a good team ethic, and players who worked hard, and a team that fitted well together. And in the end, the result typified a proud, yet disappointing evening for the team. There were players playing on through injury, Steven Taylor, the Newcastle defender, was playing on one leg, and then stepped up to put away a great penalty in the shoot out. And I think the penalty result of 13-12 is a world record as well. It was so surreal watching this though. So many scored penalties, and when England, who were taking the first pens, missed, so did Holland. In the end it was the Dutch who held their nerve to go through, following a one all draw, in which England had taken an early lead through Leroy Lita, only for a late Dutch equaliser to force extra time.
In the second semi-final, Serbia U21 beat Belgium U21 2-0. The final is on Saturday evening.
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