Report: England MU19s 2-0 Ukraine

England men’s under-19s kicked-off the new season with a 2-0 victory over Ukraine at the Pinatar Arena in Spain.

Will Antwi’s team are in Murcia for three games this month, as they start their preparations for this season’s UEFA U19 EURO championship.

And they made a good start with Wednesday’s win as the Young Lions ran out as deserved victors.

Despite Ukraine having an early goal ruled out for offside, it was England who took the lead in the tenth minute when Divine Mukasa struck the Young Lions ahead.

They doubled their advantage just after the hour-mark, when substitute Shumaira Mheuka made it 2-0.

England will be back in action again on Saturday when they take on the host nation Spain (10am BST).

England: 1 Jack Porter (Arsenal), 2 Jaden Dixon (Stoke City), 3 Samuel Amissah (Fulham), 4 Trey Nyoni (Liverpool), 5 Kian Noble (Manchester City), 6 Sol Sidibe (PSV Eindhoven), 7 Jeremy Monga (Leicester City), 8 Harrison Armstrong (Preston North End, loan from Everton) (c ), 9 Baylee Dipepa (Southampton), 10 Divine Mukasa (Manchester City), 11 Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool)

Substitutes: 19 Shumaira Mheuka (Chelsea) for Dipepa 26, 21 Jay Robinson (Southampton) for Ngumoha 60, 16 Stephen Mfuni (Manchester City) for Amissah 70, 15 Airidas Golambeckis (West Ham United) for Noble 70, 23 Christian McFarlane (Manchester City) for Nyoni 70, 12 Leo Shahar (Newcastle United) for Dixon 70, 14 Callum Olusesi (Tottenham Hotspur) for Armstrong 70, 20 Joshua King (Fulham) for Mukasa 70, 18 Chris Rigg (Sunderland) for Sidibe 70, 17 Max Dowman (Arsenal) for Monga 70.

Substitutes not used: 13 Douglass Lukjanciks (Everton), 22 Nicolas Michalski (Blackburn Rovers),

Head coach: Will Antwi

Goals: Baylee Dipepa 10, Shumaira Mheuka 62