Report: Finland 3-1 England WU17s

England women’s under-17s ended their UEFA U17 EURO campaign for 2024-25 with a 3-1 defeat against Finland on Thursday morning.

The Young Lionesses went into the game knowing that a place in the Finals in Faroe Islands in May was out of their reach, following their defeat against the Netherlands on Monday despite kicking-off their second qualifying round with a win over Sweden.

Group hosts Finland took the lead at the Veritas Stadium in Turku five minutes before half time, when an unfortunate own goal from Isabella Cowley edged them ahead.

And two goals in the space of seven minutes around the hour mark from Queenie Xiang and Martta Orava made it 3-0, before England substitute Jhanaie Pierre pulled a goal back in the last few minutes.

England: 13 Hope McSheffrey (Arsenal), 2 Sacha Lewis (Manchester City / Derby County), 3 Chloe Sarwie (Chelsea), 4 May Cruft (Rangers) (c), 6 Zara Bailey (Tottenham Hotspur), 7 Isabel Hebard (Bristol City), 8 Eva Forster (North Carolina Courage), 9 Freya Hirons (Aston Villa), 10 Vera Jones (Chelsea), 15 Isabella Cowley (Chelsea), 20 Eva Hendle (Chelsea)

Substitutes: 11 Jane Oboavwoduo (Manchester City) for Hebard 62, 17 Jhanaie Pierre (Tottenham Hotspur) for Hendle 62, 19 Natasha Udebhulu (Southampton) for Hirons 69, 14 Isabelle Sullivan (Chelsea) for Cruft 81, 18 Evie McCaffrey (Manchester City / Derby County) for Jones 81

Substitutes not used: 1 Silvana Marshall Miranda (Brighton & Hove Albion), 5 Niamh Peacock (Arsenal), 12 Elise Christian (Chelsea), 16 Lucy Day (Birmingham City)

Interim head coach: Remi Allen

Goals: Jhanaie Pierre 87