England

2-0

Poland

Sears 29, 85 (pen)

 

 

UEFA European U19 Championship Elite Round
Borisov Stadium, Minsk
11.30am, Monday 26 May
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A brace from West Ham United striker Freddie Sears saw England U19s get off to a winning start against Poland in the Elite Round of qualifying for the European U19 Championships.

In the first of three games for Brian Eastick's team this week, Sears opened the scoring just before the half hour mark to give the Young Lions a lead at the break.

The win was secured five minutes from time when Sears added his second goal from the penalty spot.

England are in action again on Wednesday morning when they face Serbia at the same venue.

England: Button, Obeng, Clark (c), Tomkins, Mattock, Sinclair, Cork, Gibbs, Moses, Sears, Carroll

Subs: Bertrand, Henry, Steele, Chandler, Walker, Welbeck, Pearce

Squad in full:

Player

Club

Sone Aluko***

Birmingham City

Ryan Bertrand

Chelsea

David Button

Tottenham Hotspur

Andy Carroll

Newcastle United

Ciaran Clark

Aston Villa

Jack Cork

Chelsea

Kieran Gibbs

Arsenal

Daniel Gosling*

Everton

Joe Mattock

Leicester City

Victor Moses

Crystal Palace

Curtis Obeng

Manchester City

Krystian Pearce

Birmingham City

Fred Sears

West Ham United

Scott Sinclair

Chelsea

Jason Steele

Middlesbrough

Daniel Sturridge**

Manchester City

James Tomkins

West Ham United

Daniel Welbeck

Manchester United


* Withdrawn injured and replaced by Josh Walker of Middlesbrough.
** Withdrawn and replaced by James Henry of Reading.
***Withdrawn injured and replaced by Jamie Chandler of Sunderland.