Report: England MU17s 2-1 Israel

England men’s under-17s sealed a second successive victory on their trip to Germany, after a late winner saw them beat Israel by 2-1 in Duisburg.

Following their win by the same scoreline over Venezuela earlier in the week, Liam Bramley made multiple changes to the line-up to ensure minutes were managed across the squad.

And after a goalless first 45 minutes, England sprang into life ten minutes after the restart when Mathis Eboue opened the scoring with a shot arrowed into the bottom corner after cutting in from the left.

But the Young Lions were dealt a blow in the 75th minute when Yagel Tarshish curled home an equaliser to make it 1-1.

Bramley’s side never gave up though and were rewarded for their perseverance and late pressure when Calvin Diakite’s deflected shot found its way home to seal victory.

England will wrap up their trip on Tuesday 9 September (10am BST) when they take on the host nation Germany, a match which will also be streamed live.

England: 13 Ben Vickery (Manchester City), 3 Liam Balmer (Liverpool), 9 Oliver Boast (Tottenham Hotspur) (c), 12 Oscar Sandiford (Tottenham Hotspur), 14 Mathis Eboue (Chelsea), 15 Floyd Samba (Manchester City), 16 Calvin Diakite (Chelsea), 17 Archie Thornton (Manchester City), 18 Erik Farkas (Liverpool), 20 Hugo De Lisle (Leicester City), 21 Fraser Widdop (Brighton & Hove Albion)

Substitutes: 8 Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli (Chelsea) for Samba 37, 5 Reuben Gokah (Everton) for Balmer 60, 7 Ryan Kavuma-McQueen (Chelsea) for De Lisle 60, 10 Sam Alabi (Newcastle United) for Widdop 60, 19 Brian Madjo (FC Metz) for Boast 60, 11 Ajay Tavares (Norwich City) for Eboue 70

Substitutes not used: 1 George Mair (Newcastle United), 2 Josiah King (Arsenal), 4 Malik Olayiwola (Everton), 6 Marlow Barrett (Manchester City), 22 Roman Dowell (Newcastle United)

Head coach: Liam Bramley

Goals: Mathis Eboue 55, Calvin Diakite 90+3