England slipped to a 2-1 defeat by Spain in their second group match at the UEFA Women’s U17s Championship finals.
The Young Lionesses, who drew 2-2 with Poland on Wednesday, fell behind after just four minutes through Paula Arana Montes’s strike.
Aston Villa’s Ebony Salmon levelled matters but Eva Maria Navarro nabbed the winner ten minutes from time.
To make it to the semi-finals, John Griffiths’s side must beat Italy on Tuesday and hope Poland do not beat Spain in the other Group B match.
England: 13 Fran Stenson (Birmingham City), 3 Phoebe Williams (Southampton), 6 Abbie Roberts (MK Dons), 8 Ava Kuyken (Arsenal), 15 Lucy Roberts (Liverpool), 12 Asmita Ale (Aston Villa), 17 Paige Bailey-Gayle (Arsenal), 18 Jess Park (capt; Manchester City), 9 Ebony Salmon (Aston Villa), 16 Missy Bo Kearns (Liverpool), 19 Hannah Griffin (FC Saarbrucken).
Substitutes: 7 Simran Jhamat (Liverpool) for Roberts 54, 10 Annabel Blanchard (Liverpool) for Bailey-Gayle 63, 11 Libby Smith (Chelsea) for Salmon 72.
Substitutes not used: 1 Kayla Rendell (Southampton), 2 Emma Brown (Teesside RTC), 4 Katie Bradley (Manchester City), 5 Lia Cataldo (Arsenal), 14 Paris McKenzie (Birmingham City, 20 Jess Woolley (Bristol City).
Goal: Salmon 26
Bookings: Bailey-Gayle
Head coach: John Griffiths
