Asunto: [U21] Qstarw The last World Champion

This tactic is my hallmark, and I know its strengths and weaknesses. It has won many matches, including against Top 3 teams. Sorry, but I won't elaborate on it. This is the second match where we've received a red card. I hope this isn't the beginning of a trend.

You don't need to elaborate, I'm already planning for it when we eventually meet in the league ;)

:)

On Saturday, we have our first match in the World Cup, and as it gets closer, things are unfortunately getting worse. Our best and only striker won't be able to play due to an injury.

Ouch that’s bad luck, how long is he out for?

He will be out for another 6 days.

So only misses one game hopefully.

However, this player has been injured twice within a week!

The World Cup starts tomorrow, and I am full of concerns and emotions. I hope to finally advance out of the group stage because, in my history, I have had very good results where I just lacked a bit of luck

Srbija U21 1-0 England U21

46% Possession 54%
35% Play in the half 65%

8 Shots 3
1 Fouls 1
1 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
3 Offsides 4

56.9 average mark 52.3


I am angry. It was a good match set up for counterattacks. We had three one-on-one situations with the goalkeeper and didn't score. Without strikers, we won't win the match. And the bad luck - before the most important match, we lost the only player who can be called a striker. Serbia's goal after multiple deflections devastated me further. The worst part is that our defender had already taken control of the ball, but the striker took it from him again.

We all put in a lot of effort to improve the quality of our national team, but we are not lucky with the new players coming from our academies. The lack of quality players prevents us from moving forward.

You're right, it's really annoying to see managers going all in for 33 years old players because they just want to win a few games.

Everyone decides for themselves how they want to play and which players they hire. This is a forum about the England U21 national team.

Oops!

Unlucky, Piotr.
You're doing a great job, Piotr.
You have my vote, Piotr.

There, I corrected myself.

I watched our match against Serbia again calmly today and saw how we conceded the goal. I'm sure that with our main striker, we wouldn't have lost it. Serbia had the optical advantage, but they didn't really have any clear scoring chances like we did. Well, the match is lost, and now we have to fight for a victory against Finland, who played a very good match against Spain.

Bad luck Piotr, hopefully the striker being back will make a big difference for you!