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The U-21 European Championship is underway and the Young Lions have unfortunately opened the tournament with a defeat to France.
Still, their 22-year-old goalie Dean Henderson was heavily praised for his performance despite the two goals allowed. Henderson saved a penalty in addition to having an overall great game, landing him the man of the match award. But alas it wasn't enough to avoid defeat.
Still, he was showered with praise on social media after his latest
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Among the sea of fans coming to his support, there were also fellow teammates, rivals and friends who simply had to congratulate him on a truly heroic performance.
In games like these, however, you often need the whole team to function as one and as much as he was a one-man army, he couldn't really do it by himself.
Henderson's fantastic opener in the tournament already had the press wonder whether he could be the one to replace David de Gea as the youngster is already showing some real skill and is also gathering valuable experience on the way.