Rowe edges England to Under-21 Euros glory in extra-time thriller against Germany

• Final: England 3-2 Germany (aet)
  
• Elliott 5, Hutchinson 24, Rowe 92; Weiper 45+1, Nebel 61

Whatever Lee Carsley goes on to achieve in his managerial career, this will be very hard to beat. With his England Under-21s having been pegged back by Germany after racing into a 2-0 lead through goals for Harvey Elliott and Omari Hutchinson, those of a negative disposition were probably thinking back to the 1970 World Cup when Sir Alf Ramsey?s reigning champions were eliminated after extra time in the same scenario.
But with Thomas Tuchel watching on from the stands after dashing across the Atlantic to be here, Carsley ? who wasn?t even born back then ? clearly had no such thoughts. Instead, he boldly decided to gamble by taking off Elliott and the captain, James McAtee, and was rewarded by the substitute Jonathan Rowe scoring with almost his first touch. It means the Young Lions have followed in the footsteps of Dave ***ton?s sides more than 40 years ago by winning successive European titles and their fourth in total. On this evidence, the future looks very bright indeed.
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