Report: England MU19s 0-1 Belgium

England men’s under-19s were beaten 1-0 by Belgium in their final outing of the September-October international window.

It marked the Young Lions’ first defeat of the campaign, having recorded wins over the Republic of Ireland, Norway and the USA.

Ben Futcher’s side headed out to Marbella, Spain for three of their four games during camp, with England’s game against Belgium bringing to a close an extended international window.

The Young Lions played out a goalless first half and up until the final moments of the contest, the two teams were locked in stalemate, until England’s opponents broke the deadlock in the 90th minute.

England: 1 Freddy Bernal (Chelsea), 2 Dante Headley (Manchester City), 3 Bendito Mantato (Manchester United), 4 Kaden Braithwaite (Manchester City), 5 Malachi Hardy (Tottenham Hotspur), 6 Harrison Miles (Manchester City), 7 Ryan McAidoo (Manchester City), 8 Ifeoluwa Ibrahim (Arsenal), 9 Alejandro Rodriguez (Olympique Lyonnais), 10 Reggie Walsh (Wigan Athletic, loan from Chelsea), 11 Harry Gray (Sheffield Wednesday, loan from Leeds United)

Substitutes: 19 Chizaram Ezenwata (Chelsea) for Rodriguez 58’, 18 Reigan Heskey (1. FC Köln) for McAidoo 58’, 12 Wesley Okoduwa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) for Headley 58’), 16 Louis Page (Leicester City) for Ibrahim 58’, 17 Luca Williams-Barnett (Tottenham Hotspur) for Walsh 58’, 20 Dean Benamar (Crystal Palace) for Gray 70’, 14 Freddie Simmonds (AFC Wimbledon, loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) for Mantato 72’

Substitutes not used: 13 Finley Hooper (West Ham United), 15 Albert Mills (Manchester United), 22 Dylan Moody (Southampton)

Head coach: Ben Futcher