Published 04 September 2024 2 min read
Men's U17
Report: England MU17s 5-0 Mexico
The Young Lions make an impressive start to the season with a big win in Germany
England men’s under-17s kicked-off the new season with a 5-0 win against Mexico on Wednesday afternoon.
In the first of three games in Germany this month, Neil Ryan’s Young Lions were in action at the TuRU Stadium in Dusseldorf, where goals from Max Dowman, Andre Dike, Harry Howell (2) and Max Jenner sealed victory.
The Young Lions took a first-half lead when Wesley Okoduwa was wrestled to the ground in the area by a Mexican defender at the expense of a penalty. Dowman duly stepped up to dink his spot-kick down the middle to put England ahead.
And England doubled their advantage with another penalty five minutes before the break, when Dike was felled in the box. The West Ham United player dusted himself down to step up and take the penalty, slotting it to the keeper’s right and into the bottom corner.
In the first of three games in Germany this month, Neil Ryan’s Young Lions were in action at the TuRU Stadium in Dusseldorf, where goals from Max Dowman, Andre Dike, Harry Howell (2) and Max Jenner sealed victory.
The Young Lions took a first-half lead when Wesley Okoduwa was wrestled to the ground in the area by a Mexican defender at the expense of a penalty. Dowman duly stepped up to dink his spot-kick down the middle to put England ahead.
And England doubled their advantage with another penalty five minutes before the break, when Dike was felled in the box. The West Ham United player dusted himself down to step up and take the penalty, slotting it to the keeper’s right and into the bottom corner.
England made it three penalties from three attempts five minutes after the restart, when Howell was fouled in the box. The Brighton & Hove Albion player took the penalty to put his side 3-0 up.
Howell added his second of the game on the hour mark, curling a fine free-kick over the wall and into the top corner with his left foot.
The final goal of the game arrived in the last minute when Jenner cut inside to see off two Mexican defenders, before firing home across the ‘keeper with his left foot.
Ryan’s team will be back in action with their second game of the trip when they play Israel on Saturday afternoon (3pm BST) in Duisburg.
England: 1 Olanrewaju Awesu (West Ham United), 2 Wesley Okoduwa (Wolverhampton Wanderers), 3 Bendito Mantato (Manchester United), 4 Chinazaekpere Nwosu (West Ham United), 5 Malachi Hardy (Tottenham Hotspur), 6 Jun'ai Byfield (Tottenham Hotspur), 7 Harry Howell (Brighton & Hove Albion), 8 Seth Ridgeon (Fulham) (c), 9 Igor Tyjon (Blackburn Rovers), 10 Max Dowman (Arsenal), 20 Andre Obinna Dike (West Ham United)
Substitutes: 21 Kaden Braithwaite (Manchester City) for Mantato 46, 11 Luca Williams-Barnett (Tottenham Hotspur) for Dowman 61, 17 Freddie Simmonds (Brighton & Hove Albion) for Tyion 61, 18 Finlay Gorman (Manchester City) for Hardy 61, 19 Chizaram Ezenwata (Chelsea) for Dike 61, 16 Lucas Rawlings (Wolverhampton Wanderers) for Nwosu 61, 12 Max Jenner (Aston Villa) for Ridgeon 61, 15 Theo Julienne (Arsenal) for Howell 70, 23 Reigan Heskey (Manchester City) for Byfield 70, 24 Dante Headley (Manchester City) 70
Substitutes not used: 13 Freddy Bernal (Chelsea), 22 Jack Porter (Arsenal),14 Ryan McAidoo (Manchester City)
Head coach: Neil Ryan
Goals: Max Dowman 22 (p), Andre Dike 39 (p), Harry Howell 50 (p), 60, Max Jenner 90
Howell added his second of the game on the hour mark, curling a fine free-kick over the wall and into the top corner with his left foot.
The final goal of the game arrived in the last minute when Jenner cut inside to see off two Mexican defenders, before firing home across the ‘keeper with his left foot.
Ryan’s team will be back in action with their second game of the trip when they play Israel on Saturday afternoon (3pm BST) in Duisburg.
England: 1 Olanrewaju Awesu (West Ham United), 2 Wesley Okoduwa (Wolverhampton Wanderers), 3 Bendito Mantato (Manchester United), 4 Chinazaekpere Nwosu (West Ham United), 5 Malachi Hardy (Tottenham Hotspur), 6 Jun'ai Byfield (Tottenham Hotspur), 7 Harry Howell (Brighton & Hove Albion), 8 Seth Ridgeon (Fulham) (c), 9 Igor Tyjon (Blackburn Rovers), 10 Max Dowman (Arsenal), 20 Andre Obinna Dike (West Ham United)
Substitutes: 21 Kaden Braithwaite (Manchester City) for Mantato 46, 11 Luca Williams-Barnett (Tottenham Hotspur) for Dowman 61, 17 Freddie Simmonds (Brighton & Hove Albion) for Tyion 61, 18 Finlay Gorman (Manchester City) for Hardy 61, 19 Chizaram Ezenwata (Chelsea) for Dike 61, 16 Lucas Rawlings (Wolverhampton Wanderers) for Nwosu 61, 12 Max Jenner (Aston Villa) for Ridgeon 61, 15 Theo Julienne (Arsenal) for Howell 70, 23 Reigan Heskey (Manchester City) for Byfield 70, 24 Dante Headley (Manchester City) 70
Substitutes not used: 13 Freddy Bernal (Chelsea), 22 Jack Porter (Arsenal),14 Ryan McAidoo (Manchester City)
Head coach: Neil Ryan
Goals: Max Dowman 22 (p), Andre Dike 39 (p), Harry Howell 50 (p), 60, Max Jenner 90
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