Report: England MU17s 1-1 Cote D'Ivoire

England men’s under-17s drew 1-1 with Côte d'Ivoire in their penultimate game of the calendar year.

It was the second of three internationals taking place in Dubai during the November international window, with the Young Lions having beaten the USA 5-2 last time out.

Liam Bramley’s side went ahead around ten minutes into the second period through Calvin Diakite. Floyd Samba’s delivery fell to the defender at the back post to open the scoring.

However, the Young Lions’ opponents equalised with 74 minutes played as it finished all square at JA Resorts.

England play their final game of 2025 against Australia on Tuesday 18 November (11.30am GMT kick-off).

England: 22 Tommy Betts (Sheffield United), 12 Oscar Sandiford (Tottenham Hotspur), 14 Joél Drakes-Thomas (Crystal Palace), 15 Floyd Samba (Manchester City), 16 Calvin Diakite (Chelsea), 17 Jerome Abbey (Wolverhampton Wanderers), 18 Erik Farkas (Liverpool), 19 Teddie Lamb (Manchester City), 20 Jacob Howard (Leeds United), 21 Lyndon Snelgrove (Millwall), 23 Aiden Yeguo (Liverpool)

Substitutes: 11 Mathis Eboue (Chelsea) for Lamb 70’, 9 Brian Madjo (Metz) for Snelgrove 70’, 5 Harley Emsden-James (Manchester United) for Yeguo 70’, 4 Fraser Widdop (Brighton & Hove Albion) for Abbey 84’

Substitutes not used: 1 Ben Vickery (Manchester City), 2 Jacob Wain (Manchester City), 3 Liam Balmer (Liverpool), 6 Oliver Wilkinson (Ipswich Town), 7 Kyran Thompson (Arsenal), 8 Hugo De Lisle (Leicester City), 10 Max Little (Southampton)

Head coach: Liam Bramley

Goals: Diakite 54’