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England Under-21s reach 2011 finals Romania 0-0 England (England win 2-1 on aggregate)England Under-21s kept their discipline to reach the European Championship finals as they shut out Romania in today's play-off second leg in Botosani.Stuart Pearce's side survived more than one first-half scare and missed two good chances of their own at the Municipal Stadium but their 2-1 first-leg win proved enough to book a spot at next summer's tournament in Denmark.Daniel Sturridge wasted the visitors' best opportunity, while Marius Alexe missed a glorious chance for Romania as England deservedly held out to secure qualification – no mean feat for a side that has seen many of the stars who reached the tournament's final just over a year ago graduate to the senior set-up.England's first-leg lead meant they needed today only to extend their unbeaten away record at Under-21 level, which dated back almost five years. But there was no sign of them trying to keep it tight in an opening 15 minutes in which both sides could easily have gone in front.The Romanian forward Sabrin Sburlea set the tone in the first minute with a deflected 20-yard strike which Blackburn's Frank Fielding tipped round the post. Sburlea and Alexe both went close again and Fielding was almost caught in no man's land before England fashioned two decent chances of their own.The Chelsea striker Sturridge – the only change from Friday's win after Jack Wilshere joined the senior squad – should really have scored just past the quarter-hour mark when he raced between two defenders to reach Danny Welbeck's through ball before scuffing his close-range finish too close to Silviu Lung.Tom Cleverley was unable to connect properly with Ryan Bertrand's fine 32nd-minute cross following a brief lull in the action. Then Alexe wasted a glorious chance to put Romania ahead when he skied his left-foot finish from 12 yards after Fielding – who was racing off his line too often for comfort – parried Gabriel Torje's dipping long-range effort.Fabrice Muamba was fortunate not to concede a penalty early in the second half when a foul on Eric Bicfalvi was deemed to have been outside the penalty area. Otherwise, England were looking far more solid than they had in the first period, restricting their opponents to speculative long-range strikes.Sburlea had the best of them just after the hour mark, but Fielding was equal to it, before the goalkeeper almost let another Sburlea effort squirm underneath him. Then it was Lung's turn to be nearly caught out when Cleverley's free-kick evaded everyone and the keeper parried it to safety.Torje's corner caused chaos in the final seconds of stoppage time but England survived.England Under-21sguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
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