{"id":13228,"date":"2022-03-25T18:02:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T22:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/25\/video-arsenals-folarin-balogun-nets-opener-for-england-u21s\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T18:02:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T22:02:34","slug":"video-arsenals-folarin-balogun-nets-opener-for-england-u21s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/25\/video-arsenals-folarin-balogun-nets-opener-for-england-u21s\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Arsenal\u2019s Folarin Balogun nets opener for England U21s"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal youngster Folarin Balogun wasted little time in providing onlookers with a reminder of his predatory instincts in front of goal on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Hitman Balogun is currently locked in action with England\u2019s U21s.<\/p>\n<p>The Young Lions have welcomed minnows Andorra to the Vitality Stadium, for a crunch showdown amid ongoing efforts to secure a place at the European Championships.<\/p>\n<p>And, as things stand, it is indeed the hosts who lead, owing to a strike on the part of the aforementioned Balogun.<\/p>\n<p>The evening\u2019s opener arrived with just five minutes on the clock, as a surge down the right on the part of Tino Livramento saw the Southampton stopper\u2019s pull-back slotted home in style by striker Balogun:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">!<\/p>\n<p>Tino Livramento &amp; Folarin Balogun link-up to give England U21s the lead against Andorra. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eytd3ybdG1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/eytd3ybdG1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyFootball\/status\/1507448573490827277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Championship opportunity<\/h2>\n<p>Balogun, of course, is currently in the midst of a loan spell away from Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Having found game-time difficult to come by amid competition from Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah across the opening half of the campaign, it was decided that a temporary stint in the Championship would best aid his development.<\/p>\n<p>Balogun, in turn, linked up with Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n<p>And the 20-year-old has since gone on to enjoy a far more fruitful spell at the Riverside Stadium, racking up twelve league appearances, half of which have come in the form of starts.<\/p>\n<p>He has too managed to contribute in front of goal, adding two goals in his last four appearances after laying on the same number of assists over the early weeks of his Boro spell.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Folarin Balogun scored his first goal for Middlesbrough in their 4-1 defeat to Sheffield United last night. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zmNOXjpWOv\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/zmNOXjpWOv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Wheatley (@ChrisWheatley_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisWheatley_\/status\/1501550865953529860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/intention-is-to-count-on-him-for-2023-24-arsenal-tipped-to-replace-mikel-arteta-with-brazilian-tactician\/\">\u2018Intention is to count on him for 2023\/24\u2019: Arsenal tipped to replace Mikel Arteta with Brazilian tactician<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenals-gabriel-martinelli-responds-to-brazil-international-bow\/\">Arsenal\u2019s Gabriel Martinelli responds to Brazil international bow<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Arsenal youngster Folarin Balogun wasted little time in providing onlookers with a reminder of his predatory instincts in front of goal on Friday evening. Hitman Balogun is currently locked in action with England\u2019s U21s. The Young Lions have welcomed minnows Andorra to the Vitality Stadium, for a crunch showdown amid ongoing efforts to secure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-13228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}