The UEFA Under 19 European Championship’s kick off this evening, as many of the most talented youngsters from Europe compete for the prize as Under 19 Euro Champion.
The competition has seen the brightest stars from the Under 17 stage blossom, with Fernando Torres and Alberto Aquilani winning the trophy for best player in recent years. Although five Arsenal players took part in qualifying, only two have made it through to the finals.
Spain’s Fran Mérida Perez and England’s Kieran Gibbs will play key roles for the two pre-tournament favourites, and you can follow their progress right here on Young Guns.
UEFA have teamed up with Eurosport to stream a select number of group fixtures, and all of the knock out rounds. You can either watch the games live on Eurosport, or read match reports right here after the games.
You can see the full schedule of games which will be broadcast below, the fixtures that will be shown are marked in bold. All times central European, meaning they are an hour ahead of British time.
14th – England V Czech Republic – 17.30
14th – Spain V Germany – 19.30
17th – England V Italy – 20.00
17th – Spain V Hungary – 18.00
20th – England V Greece – 18.00
20th – Spain V Bulgaria – 20.00
23rd – Semi-Final – 17.30
23rd – Semi Final – 20.15
26th – Final – 19.00
If you do not have the Eurosport TV channel for whatever reason, or you would prefer to watch the fixtures on your computer, live streaming is available on the Eurosport website. Alternatively you can access the player directly by clicking Here.
Article By – J.Sanderson
gd work JS so the kick off iz at half 4????
Fantastic. Thanks for the info Jay.
PTWON – Yes mate, half four.
OzGoonerGuy – No problem :) enjoy the game.
J what do u think the line up will be against barnet ad what is ur view on th russian i sugguested in the previous article(not arshavin)
OK i know that this is a little OT but is Le-Grove a spuds blog? Because it doesn’t look like the gunner is running it:)
Czech Republic – Vaclík; Polák, Zeman, Hable, Brunclík; Vosahlík, Movárvek, Necid, Reinberk; Rezník, Heidenreich
England – Button; Pearce, Cork, Tomkins, Bertrand; Sinclair, GIBBS, Gosling, Rose; Sturridge, Rose.
Official line ups.
excellent work cheers F.Merida :)
It is a shame that Danny Welbeck has had to pull out because he is one of Englands best football players in that England U19’s squad, anyway come on bouys go out there and do the nation proud and bring back the trophy IMO
No problems, JS.
The games are kicking off an hour earlier than announced on the UEFA website btw, them times are CET. I’ll change all the times you’ve written down JS to avoid confusion.
I just realised myself, the England game is kicking off @ 16:30 and the Spain game at 18:30.
Good stuff as always J, without doubt one of the best three arsenal blogs around..so well done man.
Can you provide a link to the streams on Eurosport…it’s not a case of prefering but I’m in the office and only have access to the PC :0(
Did this link not work?
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=1929371&ch=1929371&src=ukeurosport
Not sure, it looks like a dead page with a fat frank and Trev brooking advert…cant see any options? Will it just start after kick off d’ya think?
I believe so.. if not try this..
http://player.eurosport.co.uk/
It don’t work J,
Shame, BTW I too agree, one of the top 3 Gunner blogs keep it up bruv!!
Sound, cheers…looks like you’ve got to pay a sub for a month. It’s nothing just a couple of quid but when you already pay circa £60 pm for Sky, I think I’ll wait for a report on Gibbs and catch Fran when I get in. Thanks all the same and keep up the good work.
Try this link, it worked for me..
http://video.eurosport.fr/football/uefa-european-under-19-c_vid78406/video.shtml
If those links do not work.. try this
http://video.eurosport.fr/football/uefa-european-under-19-c_vid78406/video.shtml
Thanks Merida. Nice Caps for GIBBS. :D
Again, just an advert that starts over and over every 18 secs. Guess I’ll have to leave it man…dont worry, just make sure you watch it and provide a good report :0)
Try watching it on Sopcast, i’ve seen Eurosport on it… Sometimes. I’ll have a look see.
I just paid the £4 for EuroSport, it’s nothing really for every single game plus other programmes for a month..
No admin rights at work unfortunately, meaning I cant disable firewalls etc. Thanks for all the suggestions, I’ll survive..I’ve seen Gibbs play in the flesh already, so its Fran I’m more excited about and should be comfortable at by then :0)
They are both on Sopcast.
48608 – Sweden Vs Russia
48609 – Spain Vs Greece.
It is if you’ve already paid for it in 2 rooms at home :0)
They should give it to me gratis. Also, wanted to ask if anyone else already had BT Broadband before the ATVO offer? and if so, is there any chance that they’ll still give it to me?
Why isn’t Simpson in the under 19 side???
Hey J.Sanderson look at this!
http://goonertalk.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/top-five-arsenal-youngsters-to-look-out-for-this-season/#more-522
Goonertalk are doing their top 5 youngsters but they are mainly first teamers. What do u think? IMO it is a nothing article. Do u have plans to do something similar (not the same)?
I think le grove is run by a charity for care in the Community patients with anger management issues.
It provides a sterling service that allows thses poor unfortunates to vent their collective spleens online, instead of knifing complete strangers on the number 73 bus.
Bravo I say.
Ooh, gr8 article J. You da bomb!
It does work guys..
try this
http://video.eurosport.fr/football/uefa-european-under-19-c_vid78406/video.shtml
That 73 bus. Good times…
Thanks J Yeah it works Guys.
Is it me, or does it look like Gibbs is playing DM
Bad Mistke GK. Lol 1-0 To Czech
wat a howler typical tottenham player lol, gibbs is numba 8
Ha, superb stuff from Button, real top stuff..
2-0 LOL
Czech love their dead balls. England look like they’ve given up.
2-0 same player scored again
Gibbs should play LB for us
English players – poor with back to goal
awful movement off the ball
Cant play while keeping head up
What a poor English side… They lack in technique and real football quality. These guys are all big, athletic and hard working players but that’s not what it’s about. You will see the difference when spain plays later on… Look at the difference in technique, passing. Kieran Gibbs look good though but he can’t be dangerous from the position he played. Bertrand, Sinclar can’t even pass their opponents.
Haha exactly supergunner07, good comments!
yes, technically very poor,
why isnt randall in this england team?
GIBBS IS THE BEST PLAYER ON THE PITCH HANDSDOWN hes alot more advanced than i thought
dont think merida is in the squad for the spain game, an injury??
PETER, Because Randall hasnt been in the setup early age, he has not been picked. He wasnt even picked for U17 WC even though he was eligible. It is almost as if he doesnt exist.
Gibbs was very impressive… his acceleration, vision, passing and close control at speed is quite extraordinary…
is the Robinson/mistake prone keeper a tiny tott? looks like it…
England u19s – Worst Football Ever!
Gibbs showed some good tecniqual ability but he didn’t got the ball as many times as i hoped for.
I agree with you “Good to be a GOONAH!!”, Randall should be in the side but it seems like Eastick doesn’t know that he exists.
This kind of football makes me happy I’m from Holland.
England’s footballing future doesn’t look all too bright :(
I thought England totally outplayed a long ball side until the sp*rs keeper had a mare…
looks like merida’s out injured – thats a shame, came home early to watch him play!!
Is Merida Playing by the way?
Fran has had to pull out because of injury!
who was the RB , couldnt beat there winger once everytime he tried to attack he got tackled .Randall , Agogo , Rodgers were are these kids
Mohamed I’m from Holland too, no wonder Arsenal is shopping for talents from Holland. We know how to play football around here ;)
By the way it’s better that Arsenal players like Randall and Wilshire aren’t selected for this England side. It’s better for them to stay at Arsenal and develop themselfs with the first team
Agreed, wouldn’t mind arsenal buying aissati though reminds me of sneijder
Why isnt Merida in the spanish squad????
I only caught half of the second half, but Gibbs was noticeably better on the ball than his team mates. I can’t see this England team getting very far in this competition unfortunately.
Shame about Fran not being able to play – I was looking forward to seeing him.
I thought I might’ve gave England bad luck because as soon as the video started,the corner swung in and goal lol. Then after I read the comments they just weren’t playing well. I saw Gibbs a few times,he did honestly look like the best England player and I’m definitely not being biased! What exactly happened with the English keeper for the first goal?
where is merida he not in the team? is he injured
The ball was played long and it was bouncing, he came out to claim it and realised he couldn’t use his hands because it was just outside the area and he just left it, the Czech striker came in and put it in an empty net.
I agree with Good to be a GOONAH!!
England were not as bad as people are saying.
Two poor errors cost them the game.
England also missed their best player as Neil Warnock was moaning and didn’t want him playing all the games.
Sturridge looked good on the ball but the game was lost in midfield Gibbs, Rose, Sinclair and Gosling.
People saying Gibbs was good are being biased he was decent at times but that was it.
Ohhh! Lol. Thanks for the information!
Gibbs was rubbish just like i said a while ago. get rid of the muppet. we need players with my higher class than that cockroach.
LOLZ
If Gibbs was rubbish then the rest of the squad must’ve been complete shit! From what I saw, only person that impressed me was #8 then when the camera zoomed in I realised it was Gibbs! I dunno what happened in the first half but most of the team looked poor!
I didn’t see the whole game so I only commented on what I saw, but it seems like the England team did not really gel as a unit, which suggests poor selection and team tactics. The couple of times I saw Gibbs on the ball, he did well retaining possession and driving into the box. If the whole team is not working well, it seems unfair to slate one player.
The Czechs seemed better organised and were fortunate thanks to a goal-keeping error and poor defending from the corner but they were able to take advantage of those opportunities. England were definitely missing a creative ‘spark’ today.
I think for the amount of time had the ball, he did just above okay, he wasnt composed enough in the 1st half but go better in the second half but other are just so wasteful because their decision making is just so poor like dribbling into blind alley instead of playing a 1 2/ trying to do it all by yourself.
Passenal I agree with that.
The team selection was poor and Victor Moses really should have started.
The team were really lacking in central midfield.
Maybe Lansbury could have gone but he has been injured most of the season.
The Czech’s reminded me of an English team in ways.
Alot of long balls and long throw tactics.
Gibbs is good on the ball and tidy but just doesn’t seem to make enough impact for an attacking midfielder. Hasn’t got that spark which can break defences.
Ist time of seeing Danny rose, after I have to say, Spuds hav bought another load of rubbish, Danny Gosling went to Everton for big but he also pants and Sinclair was just lost big time.
Very true Jimmy about Gibbs.
Wenger might revert him to a left back like someone else not long ago.
England’s best player were Sears and Sturridge who worked hard but got so little service. They kept having to drop deep to get the ball.
Spain and Italy both losing at the moment too…..
england do need player like landsbury who can dictate play. i wonder why randall not in the team. he good enough to get prem league debut last season and wenger rates him very high. he certainly better than most midfielder in that team. its a shame merida got injured, really looking forward to see him play.
u have to remeber most of this england under 19 are from the england under 17
If I was the Under 19 coach I would have Randall in ahead of Gibbs.
The options in central midfield in this squad aren’t that good.
Gosling is a full back/Midfielder and Rose, Gibbs and Sinclair are all wingers really.
So the team selection is strange to say the least.
Only four are from the U17 team though.
and only two started today.
james tomkins and the other full backs look dodgy as well as the centre midfield where someone like lansbury will control the midfield-he might get a call up u neva know.
Lansbury is usually in the squad its just his illness kept him out, not picking Randall is plain stupid, as is not playing Moses as he is a genuinely creative player. From what I have seen of him the Coach lacks imagination and is to old school. I imagine all the Arsenal players would confirm they get much better coaching at Arsenal, thats what England really needs to wake up to.
The top 5 players thing was done ages ago mate
http://youngguns.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/top-5-arsenal-youngsters-to-watch-in-2008/
I think people should get off Gibbs back – and the rest of the team in fact. And don’t come out with the usual if Moses played it would have been different. He was well out of it as was Welbeck.
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