{"id":294375,"date":"2023-11-18T20:24:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T20:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=294375"},"modified":"2023-11-18T20:24:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T20:24:10","slug":"james-mcatee-scores-twice-to-secure-comfortable-3-0-win-over-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/james-mcatee-scores-twice-to-secure-comfortable-3-0-win-over-serbia\/","title":{"rendered":"James McAtee scores twice to secure comfortable 3-0 win over Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>James McAtee scores twice to secure comfortable 3-0 win over Serbia for England U21s in Euros campaign as Young Lions bounce back from shock defeat to Ukraine in October<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>McAtee, currently plays for Sheffield United, on loan from Manchester City<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Lee Carsley&#8217;s U21s were defeated 3-2 to Ukraine in last month&#8217;s qualifiers\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Southgate&#8217;s loyalty to his players is an issue and a weakness &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>England Under 21s killed Serbian dark arts with smiles on Saturday night to re-energise their European Championship campaign.<\/p>\n<p>James McAtee scored twice from long range and Harvey Elliot added a third to make sure Lee Carsley\u2019s side bounced back from last month\u2019s shock defeat by Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia, who had lost 9-1 against the Young Lions in October, were aggressive in attempting to unsettle the visitors in Backa Topola on what proved a feisty encounter.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We kept on going, just smiled back at them and kept doing our thing,\u2019 Elliot said. \u2018We take it as a compliment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was annoying because you don\u2019t want to get booted, you just want to keep playing your football.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/18\/77969499-12765763-image-a-58_1700333817579.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>McAtee celebrates with Harvey Elliott after opening the scoring just five minutes into play<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/18\/77969619-12765763-image-m-62_1700333975628.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Elliott plays for Liverpool and represents the England U21 squad<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/18\/77969503-12765763-image-a-59_1700333827050.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sheffield United&#8217;s James McAtee has been on loan from Manchester City since 2022<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They came with a game plan and tried to get in our heads. The boys are used to it. We had the talk about that pre-game, we knew they were going to do that \u2013 especially after the defeat against us last month. They wanted to change things and maybe that was their way.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>England remain three points behind Ukraine in their qualification group but Carsley was pleased with the response from his young stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We&#8217;re still trying to work out where this team and squad is going to go in terms of dealing with setbacks,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We challenged them to start fast, be professional by keeping the ball and creating chances and I thought they did that really well. Speaking to them after, getting used to coming away to places like this and having to win is a really important part of their development.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/19\/77969501-12765763-image-m-63_1700334017713.jpg\" height=\"374\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England U21 are currently top of Group C in their European Championship qualifiers\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12765763\/James-McAtee-scores-twice-secure-comfortable-3-0-win-Serbia-England-U21s-Euros-campaign-Young-Lions-bounce-shock-defeat-Ukraine-October.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James McAtee scores twice to secure comfortable 3-0 win over Serbia for England U21s in Euros campaign as Young Lions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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