Report: England MU20s 6-1 Czechia

England men’s under-20s kicked off the November international window with an emphatic 6-1 win over Czechia.

The Young Lions maintained their perfect record in the Men’s U20 Euro Elite League thanks to braces from Shea Lacey and Shumaira Mheuka and further goals from Brooke Nfonkeu-Feuba and Ben Broggio.

The victory marked the first time England played at the home of Mansfield Town since 2017, when the men’s under-19s hosted Germany.

England set the tone in the opening stages and Lacey fired his side in front after just 90 seconds. Harry Amass’ low cross found his fellow Manchester United teammate in the box, with Lacey curling an effort into the top-left corner.

Darren Moore’s side continued to fashion chances and doubled their lead after just 16 minutes. An England surge forward led to Mheuka firing a low shot home after he was afforded too much space on the edge of the penalty area.

Halfway through the first period, the Young Lions and Lacey struck again. Amass’ dangerous cross was partially cleared before the former picked up the pieces and eventually wrapped the ball into the bottom right corner after Jesse Derry’s pass.

Czechia were sporadic in their forays forward, but did go close through captain Jan Zika who had his shot deflected behind for a corner in the visitors’ best opportunity of the first half.

England went into the interval with a fourth as Mheuka notched a second goal of the evening; this time he swept home an inviting Chris Rigg ball from just outside the six-yard box.

The second half offered a more even game as Czechia applied pressure to Darren Moore’s side, particularly through set pieces.

However, the hosts added a fifth goal with just over ten minutes to play. Substitute Broggio’s cross was cleared into the path of Nfonkeu-Feuba, who lofted the ball over Matyas Silhavy and into the back of the net.

Czechia found a late consolation goal through Lukas Moudry, but England responded through Broggio to claim a deserved victory in Nottinghamshire.

Moore’s side will face Portugal on Monday 16 November in their final game of 2026.

England: 1 Nicolas Michalski (Crawley Town, loan from Blackburn Rovers), 2 Souleymane Sidibe (PSV Eindhoven), 3 Harry Amass (Manchester United), 4 Kian Noble (Manchester City), 5 Ayden Heaven (Manchester United), 7 Shea Lacey (Manchester United), 8 Chris Rigg (Sunderland), 9 Shumaira Mheuka (Celtic, loan from Chelsea), 10 George Hemmings (Aston Villa), 11 Jimmy-Jay Morgan (West Bromwich Albion), 18 Jesse Derry (Sporting Lisbon, on loan from Chelsea)

Substitutes: 6 Airidas Golambeckis (West Ham United) for Heaven 46’, 16 Brooke Nfonkeu-Feuba (Manchester City) for Lacey 63’, 19 Ben Broggio (Stevenage, loan from Aston Villa) for Derry 63’, 14 Brian Madjo (Aston Villa) for Mheuka 72’, Sean Neave (Wolverhampton Wanderers, loan from Newcastle United) for Morgan 72’, 15 Olutayo Subuloye (Chelsea) for Noble 80’, 17 Christian McFarlane (Leicester City, loan from Manchester City) for Amass 80’, 20 Jim Thwaites (Manchester United) for Hemmings 80’

Substitutes not used: 13 Connor Edwards (Burnley)

Head coach: Darren Moore

Goals: Lacey 2’ & 25’, Mheuka 16’ & 43’, Nfonkeu-Feuba 79’, Broggio 90+1’