England U18s got their week off to a good start at St. George’s Park on Thursday evening, with a 4-0 victory over Sweden.
Neil Dewsnip’s side have been based at the national football centre this week ahead of their games against the Swedes and Monday’s match with Czech Republic.
And after beating Netherlands, Russia and France on foreign soil to win the Limoges Tournament last month, they looked more than at home back in Burton.
The Young Lions started the game well and dominated possession from the off, but it took just over 20 minutes before they found a breakthrough.
It came from Tyreece John-Jules, who scored from the penalty spot after an earlier foul in the area.
It looked as though England would have to settle for a single goal lead at the break, but that changed when Faustino Anjorin scored on the stroke of half time to double the lead.
The next goal was perhaps the pick of the bunch, as Arvin Appiah acrobatically added a third goal to seal a impressive victory for Dewsnip’s side.
And a header from Ethan Laird in the later stages rounded-off the goalscoring, with the Young Lions now looking to take their confidence into Monday's game with Czech Republic.
England U18s: 1 Luca Ashby-Hammond (Fulham), 2 Ethan Laird (Manchester United), 3 Bukayo Saka (Chelsea), 4 James Garner (Manchester United) (c), 5 Pascal Kpohomouh (Southampton), 6 Ajibola Alese (West Ham United), 7 Arvin Appiah (Nottingham Forest), 8 Faustino Anjorin (Chelsea), 9 Mason Greenwood (Manchester United), 10 Curtis Jones (Liverpool), 11 Tyreece John-Jules (Arsenal)
Substitutes: 16 Anthony Gordon (Everton) for Anjorin 59, 15 Bali Mumba (Sunderland) for Jones 59, 14 Nathaniel Ogbeta (Manchester City) for Alese 60, 18 Folarin Balogun (Arsenal) for Appiah 80, 22 Arthur Okonkwo (Arsenal) for Ashby-Hammond 80, 17 Keyendrah Simmonds (West Bromwich Albion) for John-Jules 80, 12 Vontae Daley-Campbell (Arsenal) for Laird 80
Substitutes not used: 13 Marcus Dewhurst (Sheffield United)
Head coach: Neil Dewsnip
Goals: Tyreece John-Jules 21 (p), Faustino Anjorin 45, Arvin Appiah 50, Ethan Laird 69
