Report: England MU19s 4-1 Netherlands

England men’s under-19s ended their trip to Spain with a 4-1 win over the Netherlands at the Pinatar Arena, to round off an impressive first camp of the new season.

Will Antwi’s side enjoyed a 2-0 win over Ukraine in their opening game last week, before playing out a thrilling 3-3 draw with host nation Spain at the weekend.

And the Young Lions didn’t waste any time on Tuesday afternoon, taking the lead within the first minute as Harrison Armstrong opened the scoring.

England doubled their lead midway through the first half when Shumaira Mheuka scored to make it 2-0, before the Chelsea striker despatched a penalty just over ten minutes later to put Will Antwi’s team in firm control at the break.

The Dutch pulled a goal back shortly after the hour mark in the 61st minute, but substitute Sol Sidibe made it 4-1 with just over 20 minutes to play to restore England’s three-goal advantage.

The MU19s will be back in action in October when they return to Spain for the next international window, as they continue their preparations for November’s UEFA U19 EURO first qualifying round. Details of those games will be confirmed in due course.

England: 22 Nicolas Michalski (Blackburn Rovers), 2 Leo Shahar (Newcastle United), 3 Stephen Mfuni (Manchester City), 4 Callum Olusesi (Tottenham Hotspur), 5 Airidas Golambeckis (West Ham United), 6 Kian Noble (Manchester City), 7 Max Dowman (Arsenal), 8 Chris Rigg (Sunderland) (c), 9 Shumaira Mheuka (Chelsea), 10 Harrison Armstrong (Preston North End, on loan from Everton), 11 Jay Robinson (Southampton)

Substitutes: 14 Trey Nyoni (Liverpool) for Dowman 46, 17 Jeremy Monga (Leicester City) for Rigg 46, 19 Divine Mukasa (Manchester City) for Armstrong 46, 21 Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) for Robinson 46, 12 Jaden Dixon (Stoke City) for Shahar 62, 15 Samuel Amissah (Fulham) for Mfuni 62, 16 Christian McFarlane (Manchester City) for Olusesi 62, 18 Sol Sidibe (PSV Eindhoven) for Noble 62, 20 Joshua King (Fulham) for Mheuka 78

Substitutes not used: 13 Jack Porter (Arsenal), 22 Douglass Lukjanciks (Everton)

Head coach: Will Antwi

Goals: Harrison Amstrong 1, Shumaira Mheuka 21, 33 (p), Sol Sidibe 68