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| |  Posted 11/06/2007 21:37:30 | |
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| Czech Rep U21 0-0 England U21 |  Lita's effort from the spot shaved the outside of the post |
Leroy Lita missed a late penalty as England opened their European Under-21s Championship campaign with a draw.
The Czech Republic were resolute and England struggled to fashion chances, particularly in a dour first half.
Kieran Richardson failed to convert an easy header after the break, while at the other end Scott Carson tipped a Daniel Pudil free-kick on to the post.
David Nugent fired a shot wide before he won the spot-kick three minutes from time for handball against Roman Hubnik.
The miss proved ironic as England had practised penalties at the end of their friendly against Slovakia before the tournament began.
And the night's frustrations were added to by overly fussy Hungarian referee Zsolt Szabo booking Nugent, Richardson, Gary Cahill and Ashley Young.
Those yellow cards could come back to haunt England later in the tournament - as could Lita's miss, which shaved the outside of the post.
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A spot-kick looked the only way England would break down their well-organised opponents in Arnhem.
Stuart Pearce's men had just one effort on target in the first-half, from Nugent, and could not find any real fluency, even after the break.
Richardson should have broken the deadlock as England looked to up the tempo, but he missed a gilt-edged chance at the back post as Nugent flicked on James Milner's cross.
And Nigel Reo-Coker's hesitancy in front of goal, added to a wayward shot in the first half, cost England twice in the opposing box.
Nugent went close with 20 minutes remaining when gifted possession from a poor pass, while Ashley Young's attempted pull back from the byeline to a quartet of waiting men in red was smothered by Hubnik.
At the other end Carson, winning a record 28th cap at this level, saved well from Jan Kysela after England's new-look defensive partnership of Nedum Onouha and Gary Cahill had been caught cold early.
And as well as the save to deny Pudil, he was able to look on as Martin Fillo, Jiri Kladrubsky and Tomasz Jirsak fired narrowly wide.
As could Zdenek Zlamal when Lita stepped up to take England's penalty after Hubnik handled as Nugent looked to lift the ball over the otherwise outstanding Czech skipper. |
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| | | Posted 11/06/2007 21:39:57 | |
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| | Why cant you edit the Title? I know it should say sounds !!
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| | | Posted 12/06/2007 09:20:18 | |
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| | It was good to see him playing one striker up front. The man is a tactical genius |
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| This sounds rather petty but I hope they lose the next game and get knocked out. At least that way i'd feel that we really did do the right thing when we got rid of Pearce.
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| | | Posted 12/06/2007 10:59:59 | |
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| Since pearce has left ive decided i really dont like the guy.. he's crap, pathetic and a natural born loser.
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| Bluewythy (12/06/2007)
Since pearce has left ive decided i really dont like the guy.. he's crap, pathetic and a natural born loser.Like peas in a pod you and SP eh Bluewythy?
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| Burnage Blue (12/06/2007)
Bluewythy (12/06/2007)
Since pearce has left ive decided i really dont like the guy.. he's crap, pathetic and a natural born loser.Like peas in a pod you and SP eh Bluewythy? that's it?? i was expecting something better than that. 
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| | | Posted 12/06/2007 11:05:11 | |
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| Bluewythy (12/06/2007)
Burnage Blue (12/06/2007)
Bluewythy (12/06/2007)
Since pearce has left ive decided i really dont like the guy.. he's crap, pathetic and a natural born loser.Like peas in a pod you and SP eh Bluewythy? that's it?? i was expecting something better than that. It's a miracle she can type at all with chunky fingers like hers, BW.
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Bluewythy (12/06/2007)
Burnage Blue (12/06/2007)
Bluewythy (12/06/2007)
Since pearce has left ive decided i really dont like the guy.. he's crap, pathetic and a natural born loser.Like peas in a pod you and SP eh Bluewythy? that's it?? i was expecting something better than that. It's a miracle she can type at all with chunky fingers like hers, BW. i just paused for a while then to think about peanut butter kitkat chunkys.. ha, maybe it's the wrong forumer receiving the fatty jokes.. although them kitkats are damn good!!
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