‘A shandy or two' – No wild celebrations for England's U21 heroes as boss Carsley reveals they have 3.30am flight home
BEER-IRO 'A shandy or two' – No wild celebrations for England's U21 heroes as boss Carsley reveals they have 3.30am flight home
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JONATHAN ROWE was England's hero as they sealed back-to-back Under-21s Euros glory.
But the Marseille supersub and his team-mates will NOT be partying into the night — as they had to go straight to the AIRPORT.
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England retained their U21 European Championship title with a 3-2 victory over Germany
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Super-sub Jonathan Rowe won it for England with an early goal in extra-time
Rowe headed home Tyler Morton's cross to seal an extra-time triumph over Germany in front of senior Three Lions chief Thomas Tuchel.
Boss Lee Carsley sent on Rowe at the end of normal time — and the former Norwich forward stooped to nod a 92nd-minute winner to emulate England's 2023 success.
But as fans watching on at home toasted another thrilling success — the players will be limited to "a shandy or two".
That's after Carsley revealed the squad were booked onto a flight back to Birmingham just a few hours after lifting the trophy.
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Asked how his side planned to celebrate, Carsley said: "We go back to the hotel.
"We have a couple of hours and then fly back into Birmingham at 3.30.
"It's a quick turnaround. The players will be on holiday tomorrow. Their time is very important to them. But it's important that they have a shandy or two tonight."
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He added: "I'm really proud of the players. The commitment they've shown for the last 28 days, all the instruction we've tried to put into them so quickly, they've taken it on board and they've got so much belief.
"I'm so happy for them. To be European champions for the second time is a great achievement and the challenge now is to do it again in two years.
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"Any setback we've had, the players have just got together. I said at the start of the tournament, the longer we can stay in, the better we play.
"I didn't think we played great tonight. I thought we probably sat a little bit too deep and didn't have as much control as I would've wanted, but I probably won't remember that in a couple of days."
Meanwhile, hero of the hour Rowe, who was subbed on at full-time of normal time, praised the team for rallying together.
The striker said: "I was not starting but I knew that at some point all of us on the bench would have to come on and make a difference and help the team to push us over the line.
"I'm so happy we managed to do that in front of some important people. The job's finally finished and we can all celebrate."
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