The first football meeting in the under 21 European championships between England and Sweden finished 0-0.
The game was played at the stadium in Kielce. At 8:45 pm in the same group A in Lublin The polish representation will play with Slovakia.
The first group confrontation for the red and whites will be after the formal opening ceremony. It will be a short show featuring music and dancing stated Mr. Przemyslaw Łukasiak from the spectical organizational agency.
Later onn, the fans will focus on the players from both teams. Poland as the hosting team of the tournament didn’t have to go through the elimination round. However it does not mean that Marcin Dornases team rested.
Before the beginning of the tournament the Polish team prepared themselves in the friendly games.
They beat Germany 1-0 and they also outplayed Finland, Bialorus and Montenegro. Unfortunately they lost to the Czechs and Italians.
We feel very excited for what we have been waiting for a long time. There comes a challenging moment, „we are optimally ready” stated Marcin Dorna the coach of the polish representation.
Slovakia again had to struggle to get through the eliminations and they did it with an impressive style. They were not the favorite in their group but they declassed the favorite Dutch team as well as the Turkish team.
6 wins, a tie and a defeat gave Paweł Hapal’s team 19 points and first place in the group. Second place Holland had five points less than Slovakia.
A very good match up will be presented before us. „In my opinion two teams will meet which prefer an offensive game style.” Stated Paweł Hapal the coach of the under 21 reperesentaion.
Kielce has become a place of laud transfers for the premier league. Jordan Pickford a 23 year old goalkeeper from Sunderland and England’s youth representation, while in Kielce for the euro Pickford signed a five year contract with Everton. In the British medias opinion the transfers consists of 30 million pounds. This means that he is the most expensive football player to be signed from Goodison Park and the third most expensive goalkeeper in history. The official Everton website informs that Kielce is the were Jordan Pickford passed medical examinations given by club staff from Liverpool and after this the contract was signed. In the last season Jordan Pickford played 29 out of 38 Sunderland league matches. Eventhough the black cats finished in last place out of 20 on the league table. The graduate from the Stadium of Light team was considered to be the best player on the team lead by the former manager of Everton. David Moyes