Wickham Left on England Bench - Ipswich Town News
Town striker Connor Wickham was an unused sub as England’s U21s opened their UEFA European Championship campaign with a 1-1 draw with Spain in Denmark this evening. Manchester United’s Danny Welbeck netted a late equaliser for Stuart Pearce’s side, who had been largely been outplayed by the Spanish, Ander Herrera having put them ahead before the break.
England face Ukraine on Wednesday and the Czech Republic next Sunday in their two remaining group games.
Meanwhile, Jaime Peters is still to make an appearance for Canada at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the US. The Canadians, who lost their opening group match 2-0 to the hosts, beat Guadeloupe 1-0 on Saturday.
Canada face Panama on Tuesday in Kansas City in their last group match.
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