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first-half performance that shunned Spain away from their prowess moving the ball.
It was Spain’s first defeat at home in 15 years as they failed to claw back a 3-0 deficit in
the second-half despite a goal from Paco Alcacer spicing things up with 30 minutes to play.
There are few lessons more pertinent in football than when a team with 26 per cent possession
comes out the victor, and yet England played very attractive football for most of the match and
made their small margin of possession count – just watch the build-up that allowed Raheem
Sterling to end his Three Lions goal-drought.
While the Under-21 side secured their place at next summer’s European Championship with
a 2-0 win over the Old Enemy Scotland, under the coaching of Boothroyd. Goals from Reiss
Nelson and Kieron Dowell earning the victory over the Scots and booking England’s shot at
silverware in Italy in 2019.

The England Set-Up; (ltor), Paul Fairclough, Aidy Boothroyd, Gareth Southgate.
No Wembley Sale, But Are The F.A. Doing Enough - By Alex Narey
With Shahid Khan withdrawing his interest in purchasing Wembley Stadium
recently, many felt it was another door being slammed shut in the face of
grassroots football, with the lower levels of the game set to benefit financially had
the national stadium been sold to the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham owner.
I myself was always sceptical of the sale, mainly because I questioned whether the figures
that were being bandied about would actually go back into grassroots football – there were far
too many other people in the queue wanting their slice of the pie. But the non-sale has irked
people because they saw this as a great opportunity for the FA to actively do something for the

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