England 1-1 Japan (England win 4-3 on penalties)

The Montaigu Tournament
Monday 17 April 2006
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England ended their Montaigu Tournament campaign in fifth place with victory over Japan in the final game on Monday.

Kenny Swain's U16s side had finished third in the group stage following a 2-1 defeat to Tunisia on Saturday, which meant they would line-up against the Japanese.

A 1-1 draw in normal time thanks to a 74th minute strike from Arsenal youngster Rhys Murphy saw the match move to penalties. 

Japan fired their first spot-kick over Alex Smithies' bar to give England the advantage. Well-taken efforts from Murphy, Jonathan Franks, Henri Lansbury, Steven Clancy then meant that Japan needed to score.

However, Smithies was equal to the strike and a 4-3 victory gave England something to celebrate as they headed back home.

England Team
Alex Smithies - Huddersfield Town, Seth Nana Ofori-Twumasi - Chelsea, James Reid - Nottingham Forest (Tony Brookes - West Ham United FC, 74), Tom Taiwo - Chelsea (Thomas Harvey - West Ham United FC,  69), Joe Mattock - Leicester City, Jonathan Franks - Middlesbrough, Rhys Murphy - Arsenal, Ashley Chambers - Leicester City, Moses Barnett - Arsenal, (Michael Woods - Chelsea, 78), Steven Clancy - Aston Villa, Henri Lansbury - Arsenal.   
Subs not used: Tom Elliott - Leeds United, Danny Rose - Leeds United, Jordan Spence - West Ham United, Jason Steele - Middlesbrough 

Goals: Murphy 74