Report: Netherlands 0-4 England MU17s

England men’s under-17s made it back-to-back victories against the Netherlands at the Sports Complex Vila Real de Santo Antoni after Neil Ryan’s side registered a comfortable 4-0 win.

After beating Pieter Schrassert Bert’s side 3-2 in an entertaining game last Thursday, the Young Lions followed that result up with a dominant display to wrap up their time in Portugal.

It took just six minutes for England to make their mark on the contest. Crystal Palace defender Dean Benamar’s corner kick went all the way in, looping into the back of the net to put Ryan’s side in front.

With 23 minutes played, Manchester City’s Harrison Miles was bundled over inside the box and the referee pointed to the spot. Olympique Lyonnais forward Alejandro Rodriguez stepped up to convert the resulting spot kick, sending the goalkeeper the wrong way.

With around half-an-hour on the watch, Rodriguez doubled his tally. The 16 year old won back possession before racing through on goal and finding the finish from a difficult angle to make it 3-0.

And Ryan’s side added a fourth in the 90th minute, courtesy of Luca Williams-Barnett. The Tottenham Hotspur forward put the icing on the cake with a neat finish from close range.

England: Freddy Bernal (Chelsea), Hayden Ford (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Bailey Palmer (Middlesbrough), Jun’ai Byfield (Tottenham Hotspur), Harrison Miles (Manchester City), Dean Benamar (Crystal Palace), Seth Ridgeon (Fulham), Luca Williams-Barnett (Tottenham Hotspur), Alejandro Rodriguez (Olympique Lyonnais), Malachi Hardy (Tottenham Hotspur), Brad Burrowes (Aston Villa)

Substitutes: Maxwell Moses (West Bromwich Albion) for Bernal, Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) for Ford, Max Dowman (Arsenal) for Palmer, Louis Page (Leicester City) for Miles, Chinaza Nwosu (West Ham United) for Ridgeon, Harry Gray (Leeds United) for Rodriguez, Wes Okoduwa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) for Benamar, Jayden Ngwashi (Manchester United) for Burrowes, Godwill Kukonki (Manchester United) for Byfield

Substitutes not used: Lanre Awesu (West Ham United), Freddie Simmonds (Brighton & Hove Albion), Harry Howell (Brighton & Hove Albion)

Head coach: Neil Ryan

Goals: Benamar 6, Rodriguez 23, 29, Williams-Barnett 90