England U18s opened the Slovakia Cup with a 1-0 win over Russia.
Arsenal forward Tyreece John-Jules scored the only goal of the game on 25 minutes after being set up by club mate Vontae Daley-Campbell.
Neil Dewsnip’s side are back in action on Tuesday when they take on the host nation at the Mestský Stadium.
Then it’s Mexico in Moravce on Thursday before a match against either Croatia, Spain, Czech Republic or Ukraine from the other group on Friday to decide the final placings of the friendly tournament.
England: 1 Arthur Okonkwo (Arsenal), 2 Vontae Daley-Campbell (Arsenal), 3 Nathanael Ogbeta (Manchester City), 4 Thomas Doyle (capt; Manchester City), 6 Ajibola Alese (West Ham United), 7 Arvin Appiah (Nottingham Forest), 8 Matthew Daly (Huddersfield Town), 9 Tyreece John-Jules (Arsenal), 10 Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa), 20 Abdi Sharif (Liverpool), 22 Rowan McDonald (Manchester City).
Substitutes: 19 Louie Sibley (Derby County) for Daly 62, 11 Morgan Whittaker (Derby County) for Sharif 62, 15 Luis Binks (Tottenham Hotspur) for Alese 73.
Substitutes not used: 13 Marcus Dewhurst (Sheffield United), 5 Rhys Williams (Liverpool), 12 Ben Cottrell (Arsenal), 14 Rayhaan Tulloch, 16 Harvey White (Tottenham Hotspur), 17 Clinton Mola (Chelsea), 18 Bali Mumba (Sunderland), 21 J’Neil Bennett (Tottenham Hotspur).
Goal: John- Jules 25
Booking: Sibley 72
Head coach: Neil Dewsnip
