Five of the best: Standouts at the UEFA U-19 EURO

Here are five players – plus a few more – that we enjoyed watching in Malta.

That’s that for the bumper summer of men’s youth international football. It started with the UEFA U-17 EURO, peaked with the FIFA U-20 World Cup, then wound down with the U-21 and U-19 editions of the European Championship.

The latter has been a fun way to round off a hectic few months. It’s smaller format was much less intense and demanding, giving us some time to focus on other things. Stevie has also reset his haywire sleeping patterns.

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In case you missed them, here are our matchday round-ups:

• Matchday 1: The Marvellous Manuel Ángel and a near-miracle

• Matchday 2: García, Guðmundsson, and a boy named Basil

• Matchday 3: Hasa has a blinder

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To bring the curtain down on it, we’ve picked out five of the best from this tournament. And we’ve also done mini write-ups on an honourable mention from each nation at the bottom.

By the way: If you’ve loved our tournament coverage, stick with us through the season as we’ll do very similar stuff with the UEFA Youth League.