England MU18s made it two wins from two on their Euro road trip, with a hard-fought win over Slovakia’s U19 team.
A second-half goal from Arsenal striker and captain Sam Greenwood was enough to seal the victory for Ian Foster’s side at NTC Senec in what was a tough challenge for the Young Lions against a physical Slovakian team.
But England kept their cool and tried to play their football in a game which proved something of a stop-start affair throughout.
The squad will now head over another border into Austria, where they will play their third and final game of the month on Wednesday.
They came into this game on the back of an equally impressive 5-2 win over Poland on Friday.
England: 1 James Trafford (Manchester City), 2 Luke Matheson (Rochdale), 3 Matthew Bondswell (RB Leipzig), 5 Haydon Roberts (Brighton & Hove Albion), 6 Nathan Wood (Middlesbrough), 7 Nonso Madueke (PSV Eindhoven), 8 Yunus Musah (Valencia), 14 Jensen Weir (Wigan Athletic), 18 Alex Mighten (Nottingham Forest), 19 Sam Greenwood (Arsenal) (c), 20 Fabio Carvalho (Fulham)
Substitutes: 11 Morgan Rogers (Manchester City) for Mighten 78, 10 Cole Palmer (Manchester City) for Carvalho 78, 4 Miguel Azeez (Arsenal) for Matheson 78, 9 Joe Gelhardt (Wigan Athletic) for Greenwood 84, 16 Dejan Tetek (Reading) for Musah 89, 17 Jeremy Sarmiento (Benfica) for Madueke 89, 15 Teden Mengi (Manchester United) for Bondswell 89.
Substitutes not used: 12 Jeriel Dorsett (Reading), 13 Nathan Broome (Stoke City), 22 Harvey Cartwright (Hull City)
Head coach: Ian Foster
Goals: Sam Greenwood 64
