Tino Livramento impresses once again – England still though with work to do to reach quarter-finals | OneFootball

Tino Livramento was back in action on Sunday.

The Newcastle United defender named in the starting line-up as England looked for the win that would guarantee them a quarter-final place at the Under 21s Euro Finals.

Tino Livramento couldn’t have made a better start to the tournament as he was man of the match when the England Under 21s beat the Czech Republic 3-1 in their opening group game. The NUFC star was excellent in defence and going forward, getting an assist for the second goal.

Sunday saw the Young Lions in their second group match, a 5pm kick-off against Slovenia.

Lee Carsley makes two changes from the side that beat the Czech Republic in the opening game. Ethan Nwaneri and Hayden Hackney coming in for Alex Scott and Omari Hutchinson.

England Under 21s team v Slovenia:

Beadle, Gray, Quansah, Cresswell, Livramento, Hackney, Anderson, Elliott, Nwaneri, McAtee, Rowe

England were once again the dominant team, although Slovenia proving dangerous on the break.

Tino Livramento giving another assured performance, confident at the back and a real threat when going forward.

It was self-evident where England’s biggest weakness was, as despite having 65% possession, 41 touches in the opposition box compared to only 7 for Slovenia at the other end and England having 20 shots, they only managed three on target.

The likes of Harvey Elliott, James McAtee and Ethan Nwaneri all should have done better with the opportunities that came their way.

The match ended in a frustrating goalless draw, a game which they should have won, but could have lost as well. Despite only seven touches in the England box, Slovenia did threaten as the likes of Liverpool’s Quansah struggled at the back.

England grateful to James Beadle as the England keeper made some decent saves.

Elliot Anderson was the other player who for me stood out, as well as Beadle and Tino Livramento, the former United player at the heart of most of England’s better moves.

Although Tino Livramento didn’t reach the levels of his performance in the opening group game, he still shaded man of the match for me.

BBC Sport invited visitors to rate all the England Under 21 players for their performance against Slovenia and they agreed:

England should progress but need a point against Germany on Wednesday in their final group game to make sure they are in the quarter finals of these 2025 Under 21s Euro Finals.

All group matches for the two Newcastle United players are listed below, along with TV details.

There are 16 countries who have qualified for these Under 21s Euros Finals, the tournament runs to 28 June.

The winners and runners-up from each of the four groups goes through to the knockout quarter-finals.

The England and Denmark Under 21s group fixtures at this summer’s Euro finals are:

12 June 2025

Denmark 3 Ukraine 2

England 3 Czech Republic 1

15 June 2025

England 0 Slovenia 0

Denmark v Holland (8pm) To be shown on the 4seven channel

18 June 2025