England U19s made a winning start to their Euro qualifying campaign in Turkey on Wednesday morning, with a 4-0 victory over Moldova.
A first-half strike from Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher got things underway following intense early pressure from the Young Lions but they had to wait until the second half before they found a second.
And that goal came courtesy of Reading striker Danny Loader, who finished well in the box after Moldova had made a poor job of clearing their lines.
Second-half subs Stephen Walker and Bukayo Saka combined in the 85th minute, with Boro’s Walker setting up debutant Saka for a simple finish.
The best was saved for last, as Fulham’s Steven Sessegnon completed the scoring in the last minute of stoppage time with a long-range strike.
England’s next game is against Iceland, kicking-off at 9am on Saturday morning.
England U19s: 1 Josef Bursik (Hednesford Town, loan from Stoke City), 2 Tariq Lamptey (Chelsea), 3 Steven Sessegnon (Fulham), 4 George McEachran (Chelsea), 5 Marc Guehi (Chelsea), 6 Jonathan Panzo (AS Monaco) (c), 7 Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), 8 Conor Gallagher (Chelsea), 9 Danny Loader (Reading), 10 Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolverhampton Wanderers), 11 Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea)
Substitutes: 14 Nya Kirby (Crystal Palace) for Hudson-Odoi 70, 17 Ian Poveda-Ocampo (Manchester City) for Smith-Rowe 70, 18 Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) for Gibbs-White 82, 12 Stephen Walker (Middlesbrough) for Loader 82, 20 Timothy Eyoma (Tottenham Hotspur) for Guehi 85
Substitutes not used: 13 Curtis Anderson (Manchester City), 15 Max Aarons (Norwich City), 16 Rekeem Harper (West Bromwich Albion)
Head coach: Keith Downing
Goals: Conor Gallagher 24, Danny Loader 65, Bukayo Saka 85, Steven Sessegnon 90+7
