England Under-19s were unfortunate to suffer a 1-0 defeat against Belgium on Sunday afternoon, after their game at the Belgian national football centre in Tubize.
Keith Downing’s side, who drew 1-1 with the Netherlands in Telford last week, started the game well and in what was a tight first half, had a good chance to take the lead when they were awarded a penalty.
Belgium 1-0 England
U19 International Match
Sunday 4 September 2016
Belgium Football Centre, Tubize
But unfortunately for the Young Lions, captain Tom Davies missed from the spot by shooting over and shortly after that, Belgium took the lead when Anderlecht striker Jorn Vancamp beat Aaron Ramsdale five minutes before the break with what proved to be the winner.
The second half saw England throw everything at their hosts in search of an equaliser, but they were denied on a number of occasions by Belgian stopper Teunckens.
Downing’s side will be in action again next month, when they face Croatia in Zagreb on 7 October and then return to home soil for a match against Bulgaria in Wycombe on 10 October.
They then face the first Euro Qualifying round in November, which is being hosted by Wales with opposition also coming from Luxembourg and Greece.
England U19s: 1 Aaron Ramsdale (Sheffield United); 2 Dujon Sterling (Tottenham Hotspur), 3 Jay DaSilva (Chelsea), 4 Tom Davies (Everton) (c), 5 Darnell Johnson (Leicester City), 6 Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), 7 Isaac Buckley-Ricketts (Manchester City), 8 Sam Field (West Bromwich Albion), 9 Rushian Hepburn-Murphy (Aston Villa), 10 Antony Evans (Everton), 11 Andre Green (Aston Villa)
Substitutes: 12 Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) for DaSilva 75, 16 Adetayo Edun (Fulham) for Davies 75, 17 Chris Willock (Arsenal) for Green 75, 19 Lukas Nmecha (Manchester City) for Evans 62, 20 Nathan Holland (Everton) for Buckley-Ricketts 88
Substitutes not used: 13 Will Mannion (Hull City), 14 Cameron Humphries (Manchester City), 15 Easah Suliman (Cheltenham Town, loan from Aston Villa), 18 Jacob Maddox (Chelsea), 22 Aynsley Pears (Middlesbrough)
Head coach: Keith Downing
