Report: Cyprus 1-6 England MU18s

England men’s under-18s made it back-to-back wins in their final fixture of 2025-26, beating Cyprus 6-1.

Ben Futcher’s team were 2-0 up at half time at the Dasaki Achnas Stadium near Larnaca.

Leicester City forward Monga – who found the back of the net just three days earlier in a 2-1 win over Greece as a second-half substitute – was handed a start against Cyprus and he made an impact, scoring England’s opening goal.

The Young Lions doubled their lead before the break as Rodriguez – who became Olympique Lyonnais’ youngest-ever scorer in a European match earlier this season before heading out on loan to Ligue 2 – struck for England.

Head coach Futcher rang the changes around 15 minutes into the second period, making eleven switches and it brought four more goals as the Young Lions put in a dominant display.

Substitute Dean Benamar, who has now scored in three games in a row for the MU18s, made it 3-0.

Albert Mills, also introduced off the bench on the hour mark, then added a fourth for a rampant England.

It was five for Futcher’s side courtesy of Manchester City’s Ryan McAidoo who further bolstered the scoreline.

And Chizaram Ezenwata got in on the act to make it six, with Cyprus also finding the back of the net.

England: 1 Finley Hooper (West Ham United), 2 Dante Headley (Manchester City), 3 Yisa Alao (Chelsea), 4 Malachi Hardy (Tottenham Hotspur), 5 Dante Waite (Chelsea), 6 Ifeoluwa Ibrahim (Arsenal), 7 Jeremy Monga (Leicester City), 8 Louis Page (Leicester City), 9 Alejandro Rodriguez (Annecy, loan from Olympique Lyonnais), 10 Finlay Gorman (Manchester City), 11 Tynan Thompson (Tottenham Hotspur)

Substitutes: 13 Dylan Moody (Southampton) for Hooper 60’, 12 Yuel Helafu (Manchester United) for Headley 60’, 14 Kaden Braithwaite (Manchester City) for Alao 60’, 15 Albert Mills (Manchester United) for Hardy 60’, 16 Harrison Miles (Manchester City) for Waite 60’, 17 Harry Howell (Brighton & Hove Albion) for Ibrahim 60’, 18 Reggie Walsh (Chelsea) for Monga 60’, 19 Chizaram Ezenwata (Chelsea) for Page 60’, 20 Ryan McAidoo (Manchester City) for Rodriguez 60’, 21 Reigan Heskey (Manchester City) for Gorman 60’, 23 Dean Benamar (Crystal Palace) for Thompson 60’

Substitutes not used: 22 Freddy Bernal (Chelsea)

Head coach: Ben Futcher

Goals: Monga, Rodriguez, Benamar, Mills, McAidoo, Ezenwata