England progressed to the quarter-finals of the European Under-21 Championship despite being beaten by Germany in their final group-stage match. Germany were already assured of a quarter-finals place after winning their first two matches and made 11 changes for the game against Lee Carsley's side.

England U21s lost 2-1 to Germany in their last group fixture at the U21 European Championship on Wednesday evening at Stadion pod Zoborom.England started the game slowly, conceding in the third

EUROs sees Germany advance to the semifinals to face France and Bayern Munich alumni Mathys Tel. It seemed as though Germany were facing elimination, but Italy’s kryptonite was themselves, allowing Germany to crawl back Italy seeing red In what looked to be a great effort from the Italians,