Goals from Manchester City pair Phil Foden and Jadon Sancho help U17s to Euro win

Thursday 27 Oct 2016
England Under-17s' Phil Foden celebrates his goal against Romania

England Under-17s beat Romania by 3-0 to make it two wins from two in Euro Qualifying.

Phil Foden produced two stunning strikes inside the opening 13 minutes with Jadon Sancho adding a third from the spot after the break.

The match was only 60 seconds old when right-winger Foden ran unchallenged from 40 yards out to smash a curling left-foot shot into the bottom right corner from 20 yards.

Romania 0-3 England

UEFA European U17 Championship 
First Qualifying Round 
Thursday 27 October 2016 
Buftea, Romania 
By Steve Judge

He then produced an almost identical finish from a 13th minute free-kick, after Callum Hudson-Odoi was tripped on the edge of the box.

Foden shifted the ball a yard to Angel Gomes, who stopped the ball dead for the Manchester City youngster to curl another left-footer round the wall and beyond Romania keeper Andrei Cristea.

And England should have had a penalty straight from the kick-off when Chelsea's Hudson-Odoi appeared to be tripped as he raced into the box.

Steve Cooper's side suffered a setback on 23 minutes when Chelsea's Jonathan Panzo was carried off with a knee injury.

But they should have added a third goal three minutes later when Hudson-Odoi volleyed Foden's cross against the post from six yards.

Sancho then rattled the cross bar with a free-kick from just outside the box as England looked to finish Romania off before half time.

England Under-17s

 

England Under-17s' Jadon Sancho rides a challenge against Romania

The hosts looked to have been handed a path back into the match when awarded a penalty for a Joel Latibeaudiere trip on Dennis Politic.

But Politic put his spot kick high and wide of Thomas McGill's goal.

England had another penalty shout for a foul on George McEachran before the referee decided Gomes had been fouled by Radu Chiriac in the box.

Sancho stepped up to confidently send the keeper the wrong way with a low strike into the right corner.

The win puts England's one step closer to a place in the Elite Qualifying round next spring. They face Austria on Sunday in their final game.

England Under-17s: 13 Thomas McGill (Brighton & Hove Albion); 2 Timothy Eyoma (Tottenham Hotspur), 5 Joel Latibeaudiere (Manchester City), 6 Jonathan Panzo (Chelsea), 14 Lewis Gibson (Newcastle United), Tashan Oakley-Boothe (Tottenham Hotspur), 8 George McEachran (Chelsea), 10 Angel Gomes (Manchester United) (c), 7 Phil Foden (Manchester City), 12 Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea), 11 Jadon Sancho (Manchester City).

Substitutes: 3 Brooklyn Lyons-Foster (Tottenham Hotspur) for Panzo 23, 9 Danny Loader (Reading) for Oakley-Boothe 69, 15 Alexander Denny (Everton) for Sancho 72.

Substitutes not used: 1 Curtis Anderson (Manchester City), 4 Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolverhampton Wanderers), 16 Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), 18 Rhian Brewster (Liverpool)

Head coach: Steve Cooper

Goals: Phil Foden 1, 13; Jadon Sancho 68

By FA Staff