Photo: Paul Zammit Cutajar
Jesse Lingard’s impressive, late strike gave England Under-21s’ European Championship hopes a timely shot in the arm having made hard work of their clash with Sweden yesterday. The Group B tie looked heading for a draw until substitute Lingard volleyed home from the edge of the box five minutes from time. It was England’s first U-21 finals victory in six years and boosted their hopes of progressing to the semi-finals ahead of Wednesday’s encounter with Italy who drew 0-0 with group leaders Portugal last night. Picture shows England’s Nathan Redmond (left) putting pressure on Sweden’s Simon Tibbling.