Summary

  • Northern Ireland's best ever start

  • Poland 2-2 Scotland

  • Germany 1-1 Republic of Ireland

  • John O'Shea levels in injury-time

  1. Welcomepublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 14 October 2014

    Hello, good afternoon and welcome to BBC Sport's live text commentary of the second leg of the qualifying play-off between Croatia Under-21s and England Under-21s.

    Later on it is another important day for the full national sides with Scotland, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland among the teams in European Championship qualifying.

    But first, let's focus on Southgate's Young Lions. A place at the 2015 European Under-21 Championship is at stake.

  2. Can England qualify?published at 16:34 British Summer Time 14 October 2014

    Zinedine Zidane, Andrea Pirlo, Luis Figo, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Patrick Vieira, Manuel Neuer, Frank Lampard and Juan Mata.

    Juan MataImage source, Getty Images

    These are just some of the players past and present that have appeared in the finals competition of a Uefa European Under-21 Championship and gone on to become huge football stars.

    Well, Gareth Southgate's England side could be testing themselves against the best young players in Europe in 2015. They are only 90 minutes away from qualifying for the tournament in the Czech Republic.

    Can they qualify? We will soon find out.