Report: England WU19s 6-0 Estonia

England women’s under-19s kicked-off their UEFA Women’s U19 EURO campaign with a 6-0 win over group hosts Estonia.

The Young Lionesses are in Tallinn for the first qualifying round, with next summer’s EURO Finals in Bosnia & Herzegovina their aim.

And Lauren Smith’s team made a strong start, as an early goal from Erica Parkinson broke the deadlock before the Valadares Gaia midfielder added a second just before the half-hour mark.

Vera Jones then scored a third to give England a commanding lead at the break, before May Cruft made it 4-0 less than ten minutes after the restart.

Substitute Lauryn Thompson then despatched a penalty just five minutes after her introduction when Chloe Sarwie was fouled in the box.

The Indy Eleven forward then netted her second of the game with just over ten minutes remaining to round off the scoring.

England will be back in action on Saturday morning (11am BST) in their second group game against Greece.

England: 13 Sophie Jackson (Tottenham Hotspur), 2 Nelly Las (Leicester City), 4 May Cruft (Rangers), 5 Cecily Wellesley-Smith (Leicester City, on loan from Arsenal), 6 Jessica Pegram (Rangers, on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion), 8 Erica Meg Parkinson (Valadares Gaia), 9 Lois Shooter (Chelsea), 10 Vera Jones (Bristol City, on loan from Chelsea), 11 Eva Hendle (Chelsea), 12 Chloe Sarwie (Chelsea), 16 Isabel Hebard (Bristol City)

Substitutes: 18 Niamh Peacock (Arsenal, dual registered with Watford) for Wellesley-Smith 46, 20 Taylor Warren (Brighton & Hove Albion) for Parkinson 46, 7 Lauryn Thompson (Indy Eleven) for Hebard 58, 19 Eva Forster (North Carolina Courage) for Jones 58, 17 Niyah Dunbar (Sunderland) for Shooter 64

Substitutes not used: 1 Silvana Marshall Miranda (Brighton & Hove Albion), 3 Rachel Maltby (Aston Villa), 4 Olivia Johnson (Bristol City, on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion), 15 Sophie Harwood (Arsenal)

Head coach: Lauren Smith

Goals: Erica Parkinson 8, 29, Vera Jones 36, May Cruft 54, Lauryn Thompson 63, 78