Para Lions get double win at EPFA Nations Cup

The England Powerchair team made a strong start to their EPFA Nations Cup defence on Saturday morning, with a 6-0 win over Scotland and a 2-1 victory over host nation Italy in Lignano Sabbiadoro.

Adam McEvoy's side played their first of two games on Saturday morning and won in convincing fashion against Scotland.

The Para Lions were 4-0 up by half time, with Dan McLellan (above) scoring all four with the first two coming from corners before the youngster finished off well after being picked out by a pass. His fourth came from a free-kick, before the fifth came after the break when he finished off a move from open play.

And the final goal came from the penalty spot with Dylan Kelsall making it 6-0 to the Para Lions to round off an impressive start to the competition. 

And they made it two wins from two in their group stage later in the afternoon, when they faced the host nation in what turned out to be a tighter affair with Italy opening the scoring and holding a 1-0 lead at half time.

But England fought back after the break courtesy of a goal from Ed Common and a second for the day from Kelsall.

The Para Lions will be back in action on Sunday afternoon (12pm BST) when they face Denmark in their third match before they finish the group stage on Monday afternoon against Republic of Ireland (1.45pm BST).

All matches at the tournament are being streamed live by the EPFA, and can be watched here, or you can see the action from today's games in the video players below.