Ian Dennis
Senior football reporter in Poland

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England are not regarded as one of the favourites but Aidy Boothroyd will be aiming - at the very least - for his team to reach the knockout stages of this expanded tournament.

I spoke to him recently and we discussed their match against Sweden, who are the defending champions. Understandably, he described as them a "difficult team" and it is worth noting Sweden finished above Spain in qualifying. Their goals were shared among 15 different players.

The focus for now is purely to get out of the group and it's important England start well.

Boothroyd told me 'it's a lot easier if you get some points on the board from your opening game' but England have not won their first fixture in the past three Euros.

The fancied sides? Spain, Germany and Italy are right up there.

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Aidy Boothroyd's team qualified for the finals by winning a group that included Norway and Switzerland.

However, the under-21s have disappointed since reaching the final back in 2009, failing to qualify from their group in 2011, 2013 and 2015. In fact, they have won just one game at the finals over the past three tournaments.

This year, watch out for Spain's Marco Asensio, who scored for Real Madrid in their recent Champions League final win over Juventus, while Portugal have Renato Sanches - named young player of the tournament at Euro 2016 - in their squad.

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England striker Tammy Abraham is hoping to emulate the success of the nation's under-20s.

They defeated Venezuela 1-0 last Sunday to win the Under-20 World Cup.

And Abraham - a former under-19 international - said: "They did the country so proud and we would love to follow in their footsteps.

"We want to show we are the next up-and-coming players for the England squad, so there is a bit of pressure."

Abraham, who is back at Chelsea after scoring 26 goals for Bristol City last season, is 19 and was eligible for the under-20 team but was selected in the under-21 squad by Aidy Boothroyd.

"It's bittersweet," added the striker, who played at the Under-19 European Championship in 2016.

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It's nice and easy.

As with all tournaments these days the Euro 21s has been expanded in size – and yet it still remains mercifully brief.

There are 12 teams, it lasts for 15 days and goes directly from the group stage to the semi-finals. Round of 16? Not here.

The winner of each of the three groups goes into the semis, as does the best-placed runner-up.

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4-4-2. Keep it simple, that's the Aidy Boothroyd mantra.

Nathan Redmond is pushed up front, while Nathaniel Chalobah and Lewis Baker will rule the midfield. At the back Swansea centre-back Alfie Mawson gets the nod.

Eight of the starting XI for Sweden have caps for the 'full' side.

A new dawn?

Every two summers England's Under-21s get the chance to raise morale or further dampen the prospects of the senior side every actually winning anything again.

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The last few cycles have been deeply disappointing but hang on! The Under 20s won the World Cup just a few days ago. Does that mean that Aidy Boothroyd is about to be crowned king of Europe (U21s)?

It could do. It could all start here.