England U20s slipped to a 3-1 defeat against Poland at St. George's Park on Thursday afternoon.
The Young Lions, playing their first of two games this month, were caught out by an impressive early charge from the Poles, who stormed into a 2-0 lead at half time thanks to a seventh minute strike from Jakub Moder and then Patryk Klimala's penalty.
And when Mikolaj Kwietniewski made it 3-0 shortly after the re-start, Paul Simpson's side had left themselves with too much to do.
But they gave themselves hope just before the hour mark when Eddie Nketiah pulled a goal back, after a cross from Tom Pearce on the left.
Simpson and his squad now head to Portugal for their next game on Tuesday with a few changes to the group.
Trevoh Chalobah, Elliot Embleton and Tom Edwards have all withdrawn through injury, with Morgan Feeney (Everton) and Dujon Sterling (Coventry City, loan from Chelsea) linking up with the squad.
England: 1 Ryan Schofield (Notts County, loan from Huddersfield Town), 2 Tom Edwards (Stoke City), 3 Tom Pearce (Scunthorpe United, loan from Leeds United), 4 Sam Field (West Bromwich Albion), 5 Ben Godfrey (Norwich City), 6 Trevoh Chalobah (Ipswich Town, loan from Chelsea), 7 Grady Diangana (West Ham United), 8 Andre Dozzell (Ipswich Town), 9 Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), 10 Elliot Embleton (Grimsby Town, loan from Sunderland), 11 Dwight McNeil (Burnley)
Substitutes: 19 Marcus Tavernier (Middlesbrough) for Embleton 22, 12 Reece James (Wigan Athletic, loan from Chelsea) for Edwards 46, 14 Ronaldo Vieira (Sampdoria) for Dozzell 65, 18 Eberechi Eze (Queens Park Rangers) for Diangana 65, 15 George Hirst (OH Leuven) for Field 87
Substitutes not used: 13 Brandon Austin (Tottenham Hotspur), 16 Ben Wilmot (Udinese, loan from Watford), 17 Flynn Downes (Ipswich Town), 22 Ellery Balcombe (Borehamwood, loan from Brentford)
Head coach: Paul Simpson
Goals: Eddie Nketiah 57
Cautions: Trevoh Chalobah 26
