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Narrow defeat for Mo Marley's Young Lionesses at St. George's Park

Saturday 21 Jan 2017
Mo Marley's U19s will face Turkey, Czech Republic and Denmark in Euro qualifiers

England Women’s U19s narrowly lost to Norway in their second match against the Scandinavians inside three days.

Head coach Mo Marley fielded an entirely different starting eleven from the side that won 2-0 at St. George’s Park on Thursday.

And the Young Lionesses fell behind to Andrea Norheim’s 18th-minute penalty.

Half-time substitute Rianna Dean, on for Rinsola Babajide, levelled on the hour mark but Noor Hoelsbrekken Eckhoff gave the Scandinvians the win just nine minutes later.

England are gearing up for their European Championship elite qualifying round campaign which takes place in April.

They will travel to Turkey for matches against Czech Republic, Denmark and the host nation, with only the top-placed team in the group progressing to the finals in Northern Ireland in August.

Marley led the U19s to Euro glory in Belarus in 2009.

England: 1 Sian Rogers, 2 Danielle Brown, 3 Mazumi Pacheco, 4 Zoe Cross, 5 Lucy Parker, 6 Megan Finnigan, 7 Alessia Russo, 8 Mollie Rouse, 9 Charlotte Wellings, 10 Charlotte Devlin, 11 Rinsola Babajide.

Substitutes: 18 Rianna Dean for Babajide ht, 13 Ellie Roebuck for Rogers 72, 17 Connie Scofield for Rouse 72, 16 Georgia Stanway for Russo 83.

Substitutes not used: 12 Anna Patten, 14 Grace Fisk, 15 Georgia Allen.

Goal: Dean 60.

Head coach: Mo Marley

By FA Staff