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uefaPatrick Roberts faces a make-or-break international against Spain tomorrow before Celtic’s Premiership clash with Hearts on Saturday.

After opening up with a 2-1 win over Georgia England drew 1-1 with Greece yesterday and must beat Spain to progress to the final stage of the u-19 European Championships in Germany this summer.

Roberts missed the win over Georgia but played the full 90 minutes against Greece. With only the group winners qualifying for the final stage Roberts is assured of a very competitive match before he returns to prepare for the match with Hearts.

With Spain playing on home soil England will have their work cut out with the hosts beating Greece in their opening match before drawing with Georgia. 

While England seek to progress tomorrow Scotland’s u-19 side bowed out at the Elite Qualifying stage despite beating Bulgaria 2-1 in their final group match.

Defeats against Belgium and Croatia meant that the final match against Bulgaria was a dead rubber with Jack Breslin, Ross Doohan. Joe Thomson and Aidan Nesbitt in the Scotland side.

Host nation Croatia qualified with a 100% record, trouncing Belgium 4-0 today to book their place in the finals.

ENGLAND v Greece: England Under-19s:1 Freddie Woodman (Newcastle United): 2 Jonjoe Kenny (Oxford United, loan from Everton), 15 Dael Fry (Middlesbrough), 5 Taylor Moore (Lens) (c), 6 Cameron Borthwick-Jackson (Manchester United), 3 Callum Connolly (Everton); 4 Ryan Ledson (Cambridge United, loan from Everton), 11 Isiah Brown (Vitesse Arnhem, loan from Chelsea); 7 Patrick Roberts (Celtic, loan from Manchester City), 9 Adam Armstrong (Coventry City, loan from Newcastle), 17 Seyi Ojo (Liverpool).

Substitutes:10 Tammy Abraham (Chelsea) for Ojo 60, 8 Lewis Cook (Leeds United) for Borthwick-Jackson 67, 14 Josh Onomah (Tottenham Hotspur) for Brown 74

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