Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott were crowned European champions with England on Saturday night as the Young Lions beat Spain.
Lee Carsley’s side, who won all five games en route to the final without conceding a goal, won 1-0 to become the third British team to win the Championship. Europe for the under-21 age group. Jones scored the winning goal that night and was named Man of the Match for his performance.
The Young Lions won the tournament twice in the ’80s, in 1982 and 1984, but have only reached the final once since with Liverpool legend James Milner, part of the team that lost to Germany in 2009. .
For the record, former Reds Sammy Lee, Steve McMahon and David Hodgson all featured in 1982, while Paul Walsh and Howard Gayle were members of the 1984 team.
As a result, Jones and Elliott helped put an end to ’40 years of trauma’ for the young Lions, who both played for the Under-21s in Romania and Georgia. The first player was one of the stars of the tournament, and put in a best performance in England’s semi-final win over Israel, while the latter, who was admittedly mostly played as a substitute, scored a spectacular individual goal against Germany as the only starter.
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While England’s ‘patchwork’ international record is well-documented, a number of the Reds have actually achieved international success with the young Lions in the Premier League era. While Jones and Elliott’s success is at its highest, at a more advanced stage let’s take a look at the previous Liverpool champions they have tried to compete with…
World Championship U20 – 2017
England Under-20s were crowned world champions in 2017, with two Red Devils players then on Paul Simpson’s team playing in South Korea. Meanwhile, Jurgen Klopp will sign the young Lions star at the end of that summer.
Shey Ojo And Ovie Ejaria will make five and three appearances for England at the tournament, respectively, with the former picking up an assist after coming off the bench in the semi-final win over Italy.
Both have started only once at the tournament, Ojo coming on from the bench in the final as the Young Lions beat Venezuela 1–0, while Ejaria was left unused.
In contrast, Liverpool players are about to Dominic Solanke won the Ballon d’Or for the best player, scoring four goals to take England to the top of World glory. Always present throughout, the then Chelsea player scored in the Young Lions’ opening 3-0 win over Argentina, before scoring a 1-0 win over Mexico in the quarter-finals. ending, and a brace in their 3-0 match. 1 semi-final destroyed Italy.
Solanke will leave Liverpool after just 18 months in January 2019, scoring once in 27 appearances for Klopp’s side, when he was sold to AFC Bournemouth for an initial £19m. He remains at the Cherries so far and scored six Premier League goals last season as they avoided relegation.
Ejaria was sold to Reading for £3.5m in August 2020 after a successful loan spell, following eight appearances for Liverpool. Meanwhile, Ojo joined Cardiff City on a free transfer last summer, making 13 appearances and scoring for the Reds, but has not played for the first team since January 2017.
UEFA U19 Championship – 2022
Technically, England have been crowned European champions 11 times at this level. However, the eligibility rules changed in 1997 with the European Championship being renamed an under-19 tournament instead of an under-18 in 2001.
The young lions have won the tournament twice with the Under-19s, in 2017 and 2022. And while there were no representatives from Liverpool last season, it was a different story in the summer of next year. last in Slovakia.
The current stars of the Red Devils Academy Jarell Quansah, Luke’s RoomAnd Harvey Davies were both members of the successful team, however, as the third chosen goalkeeper, the second was not used.
In contrast, Quansah started all five games for Ian Foster’s side, kept a clean sheet in all three of the group stage games, scored the winning goal in the semi-final against Italy, and then set up three equalizers. -1 for Young Lions AET beat Israel in the final.
Making four appearances throughout the tournament, Chambers came on as a substitute against Israel in the 85th minute final, with his only start against the same opponent in England’s final group game. .
Both Quansah and Chambers were successfully loaned to Bristol Rovers and Kilmarnock for the second half of last season, respectively, while Davies recently joined Crewe Alexandra on a season-long loan.
While none of this trio have made an official debut for Klopp’s side, Quansah has had three substitute appearances, Chambers has been benched twice and Davies has made 11 appearances in the starting line-up – including last season’s Community Shield win over Man City.
European Under-18 Championship – 1993
When the European Championship at this level was still an under-18 tournament, hosts England last won it in 1993 with the legendary Liverpool. Robbie Fowler one of the stars of the tournament.
The striker eventually won the Golden Boot with five goals, despite spending most of the tournament as a No 10 at the top of the diamond midfield line behind Julian Joachim and Jamie Forrester or Kevin. Gallen.
Only 18 years old and still two months into his Liverpool debut, Fowler opened the tournament by coming off the bench to score in a 2-0 win over France with a 25-meter lob. with his ‘weaker’ right foot. The strike gave the teenager a starting spot in the Young Lions’ second match against the Netherlands, where he was once again on the scoreboard.
Fowler then scored a hat-trick in England’s final game against Spain as they won 5-1 after Javi Moreno, who would score against Liverpool for Alaves in the UEFA Cup final. 2001 eight years later, sent off just three minutes later. takes place at halftime. He gets his first card after 40 seconds for stopping the referee and/or standing on tiptoe, depending on the report you read, and then being sent off for getting past Gary Neville with a challenge. ball with two feet.
With that victory setting up a final game against Türkiye, England won 1-0 to be crowned European champions. While Fowler couldn’t add to his five-goal list, he still finished three more than every other player to lift the Golden Boot.
Now that 30 years have passed, the striker is one of Liverpool’s favorite sons and one of their most famous legends. Boasting 183 goals in 369 appearances in two appearances for the club, he won the League Cup (twice), FA Cup, UEFA Cup and European Super Cup with the Reds.
Fowler was recently appointed as the coach of Saudi Arabia’s Al-Qadsiah team.
World Championship U17 – 2017
Former Liverpool striker Rhian Brewster was one of the stars when England won the Under-17 World Championship in a memorable way in 2017.
Scoring an incredible eight goals in India to win the Golden Boot, he was also awarded the Bronze Ball as the third best player at the tournament. The striker started all but one of the Young Lions’ seven matches at the tournament, and scored two consecutive hat-tricks to send them through to the final.
Scoring the opener for the first time in England’s second game as they won 3-2 over Mexico, he scored the winner from the penalty spot as the Young Lions had to take a penalty shootout. Japan in the round of 16. He then hit the treble in 4-1 and 3-1 victories over the United States and Brazil in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, setting up another goal in the previous game.
While England were 2-0 down in the final against Spain, Brewster halved their losses after halftime, with the Young Lions going on to win 5-2. .
Having made four main appearances for the Reds, Brewster was left out of the bench as Liverpool won the Champions League and European Super Cup in 2019. He left the Red Devils for Sheffield United on a 23rd deal, £5m in October 2020, but didn’t make much of an impact. at Bramall Lane with an injury that kept him out for most of the season before the Blades won promotion back to the Premier League.
European Under-17 Championship – 2010 and 2014
Along with winning the 2017 World Cup, England’s U17s have also won the European Championship twice – in 2010 and 2014. There were two former Liverpool players who competed in the former, while two other Red Devils contributed. into success afterwards. .
Conor Coady And Andre .’s wisdom were all members of the winning team in 2010, when the Young Lions competed in 80-minute matches in Liechtenstein.
Missing the opening game against the Czech Republic, Coady was always present for the rest of the tournament as he led the young Lions to glory. Meanwhile, Wisdom was present throughout and decisively at both ends in the final victory over Spain. Having opened the scoring with an own goal, the Liverpool defender equalized as England went on to win 2-1.
Four years later, England won the tournament again with Solanke And Joe Gomez This time as part of the Young Lions camping in Malta. The first would share the Golden Boot with four goals, while the latter, then still a Charlton Athletic player, was named to the league’s team.
Gomez will start all five games at centre-back, and even provide an assist for Solanke, while the striker has started all four of his four appearances. Scoring a brace in England’s second game against Turkey as they won 4-1, he was on the scoreboard again when he was included in the starting line-up in the 2-0 semi-final of Young lions before Portugal.
Solanke then opened the scoring in the final against the Netherlands as England won 4-1 on penalties after drawing 1-1.
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