Summary

  • £30m keeper Pickford saves Wahlqvist penalty

  • First game of tournament, which is being held in Poland

  • Three groups of four teams; England in Group A

  1. Postpublished at 42 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    Full-back in space, men in the middle. Goal kick.

  2. Postpublished at 39 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    The game in a nutshell: Sweden this time pick out a neat ball to free a man in a wide area, he dallies, finds a man in the middle who should shoot but doesn't and then captain Kris Olsson fires over from 10 yards deeper.

  3. CLOSE!published at 35 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    That's a very decent effort indeed! Sweden back off Jacob Murphy and he tries one from 20-odd yards. He catches it neatly and it fizzes a yard over the top. Keeper Anton Cajtoft was a worried man!

  4. Postpublished at 32 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    A tough few minutes to watch. A lack of real pattern of play from either side. Midfield faffing.

    Mason Holgate of England and Alexander Fransson of Sweden in actionImage source, Rex Features
  5. 'It's tight'published at 17:31 British Summer Time 16 June 2017

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    Ian Dennis
    Senior football reporter in Poland for 5 live Sport

    Sweden's yellow wall of support has had its first moment to get excited.

    Pawel Cibicki linked up with Gustav Engvall, drifted in from the right and fired over after nobody tracked his run.

    It's tight.

  6. CLOSE!published at 26 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    England look a very big side and Alfie Mawson does well to head out a dangerous cross. They don't totally clear it though and Sweden cut the ball back from the right wing, it's a good chance for Pawel Cibicki but he can only fire well over the bar!

    A tight angle. A good chance.

  7. Postpublished at 23 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    England get a full-back free again but again they don't deliver. Ben Chilwell this time had three men to aim at and could only find a yellow shirt.

    Crossing practice needed.

  8. Postpublished at 21 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    Mason Holgate, at right-back, is the spare man so far. Always in space. He overclubs a cross this time though. Not much excuse for getting it too high for Tammy Abraham. He's built like an NBA player.

  9. Postpublished at 17 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    The good, and the not so good, from these young England attackers. Tammy Abraham does well to force an error from a Sweden defender and get a sight of goal, he gets to the ball just before keeper Anton Cajtoft but can only send the ball out to the left wing. Nathan Redmond could shoot but instead finds Jacob Murphy on the right, again he should probably shoot but tries to find Abraham and it's cut out.

    They can get at the Swedish back line. That much is clear.

    Tammy AbrahamImage source, PA
  10. England senior coach Southgate is herepublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 16 June 2017

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

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  11. 'Confident start by England'published at 17:13 British Summer Time 16 June 2017

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    Ian Dennis
    Senior football reporter in Poland for 5 live Sport

    England listed as 4-4-2 but Nathan Redmond is playing down the left in a 4-5-1 with Jacob Murphy down the right. Tammy Abraham is leading the line.

    A confident start by England.

    Nathan RedmondImage source, PA
  12. Postpublished at 13 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    Marcus Rashford has missed out on five potential tournaments in the last few years, by all accounts. Mind you, he did go to Euro 2016. And he started against Scotland last week, so he's hardly being wasted.

    Dele Alli, Eric Dier and John Stones are all also eligible to play tonight.

  13. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:12 British Summer Time 16 June 2017

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    Chris Hodgson: Why don't England play the likes of Rashford in tournament so can get used to playing together more ready for senior team

  14. CLOSE!published at 10 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    Don't forget everything you knew about Aidy Boothroyd! England are a real threat at corners and Tammy Abraham should at the very least hit the target. He's free from a cracking James Ward-Prowse corner, but leans back and volleys over.

    A good chance.

    Tammy Abraham shootsImage source, Rex Features
  15. Postpublished at 9 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    Mason Holgate sends a fine ball down the right and Jacob Murphy toasts Adam Lundqvist but again a low cross is cut out. Corner, not dealt with convincingly at all as Melker Hallberg clears Calum Chambers' effort away!

    Good start from the Three Lions.

  16. Postpublished at 7 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    England with 66% of possession so far. Forget what you thought you knew about Aidy Boothroyd. They work it wide after a patient build-up but Mason Holgate's cross is poor.

    England's Nathan Redmond advances with possessionImage source, PA
  17. Postpublished at 5 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    James Ward-Prowse can deliver a free-kick as well as anyone in the Premier League and he is on the money again, Alfie Mawson wins a flick-on and Nathaniel Chalobah has a volley blocked.

    England are having a lot of the ball in these early stages.

  18. Postpublished at 17:02 British Summer Time 16 June 2017

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    Ian Dennis
    Senior football reporter in Poland for 5 live Sport

    Senior England manager Gareth Southgate is here in Kielce sat next to FA chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn.

    It's still raining as the 21st European Championship is under way.

    Gareth Southgate watches onImage source, PA
  19. Postpublished at 2 mins

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    That's what you get from Jordan Pickford, he claims a cross and then launches an inch-perfect hoof downfield into the path of Tammy Abraham. That was a superb knock.

  20. Postpublished at 1 min.

    Sweden U21 0-0 England U21

    Jeers from the crowd as Nathaniel Chalobah clatters Kristoffer Olsson, it was clumsy rather than nasty. Winds the Swedish skipper though