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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Will Unwin

England’s young(ish) lions are two steps from Euro Under-21(ish) glory

Anthony Gordon, 22, and Morgan Gibbs-White, 23, celebrate against Portugal.
Anthony Gordon, 22, and Morgan Gibbs-White, 23, celebrate against Portugal. Photograph: Álex Caparrós/Uefa/Getty Images

HE’S 21 UNTIL HE BECOMES 23

England are into the semi-finals of the European Under-21 Championships – although some might say they have already won the real competition, by sneaking the oldest player in the tournament on to their team sheet. Max Aarons was born on 4 January 2000, while Football Daily was still trying to rid the Millennium Bug from its desktop computer and recovering from too many Tin–WKD cocktails on the big night.

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