Stuart Pearce Expects Young Lions To Shine

England Under 21 manager Stuart Pearce insists that his team will build on their performance after 1-1 draw against Spain on Sunday, The Young Lions were dominated in terms of possession.

Pearce feels the team’s attitude is growing and is expecting good things for the Under 21's in the tournament.

The manager has been impressed with teams attitude and spirit an expects a better performance on Sunday when they face Ukraine on Wednesday in Hening.

"I know we're improving. The game against Spain just told me we've got a good chance, no mistake," said Pearce.

"They're prepared to slog away with the opposition having quite bit of the ball. I asked the question, 'How many other nations would have thrown the towel in?'.

"We didn't. In fact we went and got a goal and after that we had two good chances to score another goal.
"In spells in the game we played some decent football. We need to do that consistently in matches, we've looked at that as a group.

"I know the spirit in the camp. They want to learn and they want to get better on the training pitch."

Pearce is keeping his cards close to his chest, as he keeps the media guessing on his team and captain selection, just like he did for the Spain match.

"Whoever plays will do us proud. Whoever captains the team will do the same," he added.

Paul Scholes: England Need To Adopt The Spanish Way

Retired midfielder Paul Scholes has insisted that England are miles behind Spain in terms of keeping possession of the football, Scholes suggests the English players need adopt they way the team works as a unit.

In England the tactics are normally set out to get the ball down and run adopting an aggressive approach when tackling.

But with the way the Spaniard's play, you can hardly get anywhere near them.

The way the Spaniards pass the ball around, making teams chase them down to regain possession puts them head and shoulders above the rest, Spain’s Under 21’s dominated play against England in last night’s 1-1 draw in the European U21 Championship keeping possession for most of the game.

England's opponents dominating possession in a way in which has become the hallmark of Spanish sides and the former England player feels this is way the game should be played.

Scholes has also revealed that Alex Ferguson has asked him to prolong his career in an attempt to keep him play for United for as long as he can,

The 36-year-old won 10 Premier League titles with United, announced his retirement in May.

Scholes added; "The manager felt I could do 15 to 20 games next season.

"Physically I was not feeling great in training or the games towards the end of the season. I came to this decision which I think is the right one."