‘Pitbull’ Stansfield ready to sink teeth in Holland & Fire England to final

Brooke Norton-Cuffy is desperate to see “Pitbull” Jay Stansfield sinking his teeth in the Netherlands.

The 23 goal Birmingham City striker, 22, was finally released by the belt Lee Carsley Against Spain and handed his first tournament start.

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Despite the fact that he was not on the score sheet himself, he showed that his bite is worse than his bark when his tireless show helped England U21S to a Feisty 3-1 victory.

The Spanish defense could be forgiven that they think they were standing against a dog from hell while Stansfield was battered and printed on the field for 85 minutes.

And his teammate Norton-Cuffy, 21, believes that the hotshot is ready to get another lump from the Dutch in the semi-final on Wednesday of Wednesday in Bratislava.

The performance of Stansfield describes, the Genoa Full-back said: “Absolute pit bull. He was excellent and that was just the group really summarized. Of course he did not play, but you saw him outside.

“The most important thing is that when you don’t play, don’t mug too much about it. Come on and show why you should play. He has come and done.

“On the ball he was good, he ran back and made challenges in their middelmidden, in their midst and he really helped us, really. He was excellent.”

Holders England, who was made in the group phases in the group stage, were sensational when they hit the Spaniards.

Although Norton-cuff is on it that there will be much more if the men of Carsley want to defend their euro crown.

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He said: “There are a lot. On Saturday you have seen what we can do and what we can do.

“We didn’t do that, I will say that the group stage is steaming, there were many ups and downs, but you still saw a glimpse of what we can do. It was only about being ruthless and placing opportunities in the back.

“We did that a little better against Spain. We had a lot of opportunities and it is coming. We feel that we are going to do really well.”

He continued: “We knew what we were capable of and we still know what we are capable of. The belief in the group is very high.

“We have a couple of talented boys and we always stay together. I don’t feel that boys from England feel a game like underdogs because we know what we are capable of.

“We are good enough to go out and dominate every game we play. Faith is always there, we want to go out and win and it doesn’t matter who the opponents are, we will try to play our style and attack, exciting football and try to win.”

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Norton-Cuffy is still waiting for his first start in Slovakia, but is impressed by each of his three outings from the couch.

Although he claims that Carsley is a master to keep everyone motivated, even those who still get a staircase.

The ex-Arsenal Academy Ace, who made 14 Series A for Genoa last season after relocating the Emirates, said: “He makes everyone feel involved. He is very, very good at making everyone feel.

“You clearly bring many people and everyone cannot play in the tournament football ball, but you know that you are still a huge part of it.

“By the end of the tournament you will need everyone. We see that now many subs come, play and have a big impact and change the game. He emphasizes that a lot and for us just to stay together, to keep our heads and he manages that very well.”

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England wants to keep their status as European champions under 21 this summer in Slovakia.

Here is the entire team of Lee Carsley for the Blockbuster tournament:

Keepers: James Beadle (Brighton and Hove Albion), Teddy Sharman-Lowe (Chelsea), Tommy Simkin (Stoke City)

Defenders: Charlie Cresswell (FC Toulouse), Ronnie Edwards (Southampton), CJ Egan-Vriley (Burnley), Tino Livramento (Newcastle United), Brooke Norton Cuffy (Genoa), Jarell Quansah (Liverpool)

Midfielders: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Archie Gray (Tottenham Hotspur), Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough), Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion), Tyler Morton (Liverpool), Alex Scott (AFC Bournemouth)

Forward: Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), Omari Hutchinson (City of Ipswich), Sam Iling JNR (Aston Villa), James Mcatee (Manchester City), Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), Jonathan Rowe (Marseille), Jay Stansfield)