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Sunday 29 October 2017

England U17s 5 Spain U17s 2: Young Lions win World Cup after being 2-0 down

 The Three Lions produced an incredible comeback in India


 England Under-17's beat Spain 5-2 in World Cup final in India




England could have taken the lead within a minute in front of the 80,000 crowd in Kolkata when the lively Brewster combined with Gibbs-White but his shot was saved by Alvaro Fernandez.
Against the run of play Spain took the lead when Sergio Gomez smartly finished from close range from what looked like an offside position.
 England's under-17s are champions of the world
However, replays showed Three Lions full-back Steven Sessegnon played the Barcelona youngster onside for the opener.
Gomez doubled Spain's lead with a fabulous strike on 30 minutes after good work Cesar Gelabert who pulled the ball back smartly.
Despite the two-goal deficit, England kept their composure to play some brilliant football with Manchester City's Foden pulling the strings and Chelsea's Callum Hudson-Odoi causing havoc out wide.
Sessegnon should have pulled one back when he cut inside but fluffed his left foot shot and Hudson-Odoi hit the post.
But England gave themselves a lifeline just before the break when tournament top scorer Brewster headed in from a pin-point Sessegnon cross for the Liverpool striker's eighth goal of the finals.

A great reaction save by Curtis Anderson from Juan Miranda a minute later kept it level.
But with 20 minutes left, the oustanding Foden put England in front.
 Phil Foden celebrates scoring England's fifth goal
There was more great work from winger Hudson-Odoi and his intelligent cross was finished off by Foden.
England finished it asGuehi got the fourth, forcing the ball home after Spain failed to clear from a cross.
Foden made it five and sent his side down into the history books with his late strike on the break.

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