Tuesday, February 10, 2009

The future of English football will be tested tonight as the England Under-21s face the Ecuador Under-23s in a friendly International fixture.

England will start as slim favourites at 5/4 with Ecuador the 19/10 underdogs to win this Under-21s International football friendly.

UEFA today confirmed that the draw for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championships qualifying campaign will take place in Aarhus, Denmark on 4 February.

The opening matches of the qualifying campaign will take place on the weekend of 29 March, concluding with the final matches on 7 September, 2010.

With Denmark automatically qualifying for the finals as hosts, the remaining 52 teams will be drawn into ten groups - eight with five teams and two with six - with the nations allocated to five draw pots in accordance with their coefficient ranking.