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England U21 v Netherlands live: Result and reaction as late Elliott goal sends Young Lion into Euros final
England 2-1 Netherlands: Harvey Elliott scored twice, including late on, to send Lee Carsley’s side into their second consecutive Euro U21s final
Harvey Elliott spectacularly fired England Under-21s to the European Championship final as they moved one win away from becoming back-to-back champions.
One year on from the men's senior team beating the Netherlands in the Euros semi-final, the Young Lions followed suit, with Elliott's second-half double earning a 2-1 win in Bratislava.
The 22-year-old, a Premier League champion with Liverpool, scored both goals, first putting his side ahead just after the hour and then firing a superb 86th-minute winner after Noah Ohio had levelled for the Dutch with his first touch.
Lee Carsley's side will meet Germany or France in Saturday's final when they will hope to retain the crown they won two years ago.
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England 2-1 Netherlands, 90 mins
England desperately trying to run the clock down now and see this out.
A key moment as they learn how much added time there will be. Five minutes of injury time! Can they hold on?
Archie Gray comes on as a late sub for double goalscorer Elliott
England 2-1 Netherlands, 87 mins
No time for the Netherlands to hang about now. Straight back on the attack and Beadle stays strong to repel an effort that is straight at him.
GOAL! England 2-1 Netherlands (Harvey Elliott, 85 mins)
OH MY WORD! THAT IS HUGE! Harvey Elliott may have just sent England into the final!
Picks the ball up, drives forward, cuts inside and it opens up in front of him. He strikes goalwards with his left foot and it rifles into the bottom right corner. Big players deliver in big moments.
A fourth goal of the tournament for Elliott.
England 1-1 Netherlands, 83 mins
England counter at pace and switch the ball to the left. It looks like a good chance is created as the ball goes into the box and Elliott twists and turns but his shot is blocked.
Two more England changes. Arsenal star Ethan Nwaneri and Hayden Hackney on
England 1-1 Netherlands, 80 mins
Bjorn Meijer also on for the Netherlands in place of Valente. And then Goes is into the book for a foul.
Another Netherlands corner shortly follows but Cresswell powerfully heads away
England 1-1 Netherlands, 77 mins
Will England be able to respond to the inevitable shell-shock accompanying that goal.
Lee Carsley opts for a double change as McAtee and Hutchinson head off, with Jonathan Rowe and Brooke Norton-Cuffy coming on.
GOAL! England 1-1 Netherlands (Noah Ohio, 72 mins)
Utrecht forward Noah Ohio comes on for midfielder Milambo - an attacking change for the Dutch.
OH MY WORD! HE’S SCORED WITH HIS FIRST TOUCH.
Cresswell loses the ball in defence for England, it’s fed to Ohio and he spots Beadle scrambling back to his goal having been sweeper keeping. He strikes it first time from 35 yards and it curls just inside the near post beyond the diving Beadle. A superb hit!
That’s his ninth goal for Netherlands U21 this year. Not Beadle’s faul that, it was Cresswell’s mistake that was punished and the England goalkeeper nearly made the scrambling save.
England 1-0 Netherlands, 68 mins
Another Dutch corner but Quansah heads it away. England’s defence have dealt well with set-pieces today.
England 1-0 Netherlands, 64 mins
A huge goal for England that will force the Dutch to come forward. One foot in the final now.
The Young Lions straight back on the attack as Hutchinson chops back from the byline, inside his man and shoots at the near post but it’s just into the side netting.
GOAL! England 1-0 Netherlands (Harvey Elliott, 62 mins)
And there’s the breakthrough for England! They’ve been second best in this second half but it doesn’t matter.
Hutchinson lets the ball roll to Anderson who slips a pass through to Harvey Elliott with the outside of his foot. Elliott bursts into the box on the right and lashes a shot at goal that has too much power for Roefs.
A third goal of the tournament for Elliott and England lead in this semi-final!
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