Report: England MU18s 3-2 Netherlands

A thrilling game ended in a 3-2 win for the England men’s under-18s against the Netherlands in the first of three matches in Spain this month.
 
It was a match that had everything, starting with a stunning goal and ending in a late winner, which showed the resilience of the Young Lions. 
 
It was Ryan Kavuma-McQueen who opened the scoring in the 19th minute when he found himself on the outside of the Dutch box.  The Chelsea youngster, currently on loan with Portsmouth, sent a rifling shot into the top left corner behind Dutch goalkeeper Quenten Attigah, a moment of sheer brilliance to put the Young Lions into the lead.
 
England’s lead was short-lived though, as only three minutes after Kavuma-McQueen’s wonder goal, the score was again level as Jeshurun Simeon equalised for the Dutch Lions to see it all square at the break.
 
England made a change during the break, with Max Little coming on for Sam Alker, but just under 15 minutes into the second half, the Oranje won a penalty which Tinashe de Nkinki de Betue converted to give the Dutch their first lead of the game.

In the 60th minute, four changes were made by head coach Will Antwi, with the substitutions coming a minute after the Netherlands’ go-ahead goal. 
 
But the Young Lions found their equaliser in the 68th minute when Jeremy Monga found the back of the net, bringing the score back to equal at 2-2
 
And England didn’t stop there, with only ten minutes left in the game, substitute Riley Ebho scored just seven minutes after coming on which had head coach Antwi channelling his inner Jose Mourinho when running down the sideline. 
 
The Young Lions protected their lead with a man less for the last minutes of the game, as substitute Max Little was forced off with an injury in the 85th minute.
 
England: 1 Ben Vickery (Manchester City), 2 Oscar Sandiford (Tottenham Hotspur), 3 Calvin Diakite (Chelsea), 4 Freddie Lawrie (Manchester City), 5 Marlow Barrett (Manchester City), 6 Tyrese Noubissie (RC Strasbourg), 7 Ryan Kavuma-McQueen (Portsmouth, loan from Chelsea), 8 Hugo De Lisle (Leicester City), 9 Jashayde Greenwood (Chelsea), 10 Samuel Alker (Leeds), 11 Jeremy Monga (Swansea City, loan from Manchester City)
 
Substitutes: 18 Max Little (Southampton) for Alker 45’, 15 Gabriel Sambou (Chelsea) for Sandiford 60’, 16 Reon Smith (West Ham United) for Lawrie 60’, 20 Erik Farkas (Liverpool) for De Lisle 60’, 17 Oliver Boast (Tottenham Hotspur) for Greenwood 60’, 23 Jacob Watson (Manchester United) for Diakite 73’, 12 Riley Ebho (Chelsea) for Barrett 73’, 19 Teddie Lamb (Manchester City) for Noubissie 73’, 14 Kyran Thompson (Newcastle United) for Kavuma-McQueen 73’, 21 Jerome Abbey (Wolverhampton Wanderers) for Monga 73’,
 
Substitutes not used: 13 Roman Dowell (Newcastle United), 22 Joseph Cowan (Sunderland) 
 
Head Coach: Will Antwi