England Women’s Under-17s rounded off a successful 2015 with a comfortable 4-0 dismissal of France.
Alessia Russo opened the scoring in Duisburg, Germany just after the half-hour mark before Arsenal midfielder Anna Filbey notched her first England goal early in the second half.
And Manchester City youngster Georgia Stanway completed a notable win by netting two goals of her own.
England 4-0 France
A Women's U17s International
Saturday 19 December
Duisburg, Germany
Aston Villa’s Grace Smith and Blackburn Rovers’ Kelsey Pearson came off the bench for their international debuts.
In October, the Young Lionesses advanced to the final stage of Euro qualifying thanks to two resounding 13-0 wins, against Croatia and Estonia, and a 2-2 draw with Poland.
They have been drawn in Group 6 alongside Belgium, Iceland and host nation Serbia with only the top-placed team making it to the Euro Finals, which will be staged in Belarus in May 2016.
England: 1 Katie Startup, 2 Lois Joel, 3 Taylor Hinds, 4 Hollie Olding, 5 Anna Patten, 6 Riva Casley, 7 Hannah Cain, 8 Connie Scofield, 9 Alessia Russo, 10 Georgia Stanway (C), 11 Niamh Charles
Substitutes: 15 Anna Filbey for Scofield 40, 16 Lotte Wubben-Moy for Patten 40, 17 Ella Toone for Cain 40, 12 Kelsey Pearson for Charles 65, 19 Ellie Brazil for Russo 65, 14 Grace Smith for Olding 70, 18 Natalie Taylor for Stanway 70
Substitutes not used: 13. Ellie Roebuck
Goals: Russo 31, Filbey 49, Stanway 56 & 65
Head coach: John Griffiths
