Report: England MU18s 0-3 Sweden

England men’s under-18s were beaten 3-0 by Sweden in their second game out in Spain.

The Young Lions beat the Netherlands 3-2 in a thrilling contest earlier in the week but fell to defeat at the Oliva Nova venue in Valencia on Saturday afternoon.

Following a goalless first half, Sweden opened the scoring through Leonel Eklund shortly after the break.

England’s opponents then doubled their lead when Marlon Ebietomere made it 2-0 minutes later.

And Eklund grabbed his second of the game to make it three with 73 minutes on the watch.

Will Antwi’s side are back in action on Monday 16 November (3pm GMT) when they face Switzerland in their final game of the November international window.

England: 13 Roman Dowell (Newcastle United), 3 Calvin Diakite (Chelsea), 5 Marlow Barrett (Manchester City), 6 Tyrese Noubissie (RC Strasbourg), 7 Ryan Kavuma-McQueen (Portsmouth, loan from Chelsea), 8 Hugo De Lisle (Leicester City), 12 Riley Ebho (Chelsea), 14 Kyran Thompson (Newcastle United), 16 Reon Smith (West Ham United), 17 Oliver Boast (Tottenham Hotspur), 20 Erik Farkas (Liverpool).

Substitutes: 23 Jacob Watson (Manchester United) for Diakite 24’, 11 Jeremy Monga (Swansea City, loan from Manchester City) for Kavuma-McQueen 46’, 18 Max Little (Southampton) for De Lisle 46’, 21 Jerome Abbey (Wolverhampton Wanderers) for Noubissie 59’, 9 Jashayde Greenwood (Chelsea) for Thompson 59’, 10 Samuel Alker (Leeds United) for Farkas 59, 15 Gabriel Sambou (Chelsea) for Ebho 71’, 19 Teddie Lamb (Manchester City) for Boast 71’.

Substitutes not used: 1 Ben Vickery (Manchester City), 22 Joseph Cowan (Sunderland), 2 Oscar Sandiford (Tottenham Hotspur), 4 Freddie Lawrie (Manchester City).

Head coach: Will Antwi.