England U18s win in Sweden after goals from Chelsea pair

Sunday 09 Oct 2016
Mason Mount in action for England Under-18s

England Under-18s ended their week in Sweden with a 2-1 win over their hosts on Sunday afternoon.

Neil Dewsnip’s side travelled to Täby, just outside of the capital Stockholm, for two matches and after narrowly losing the first game on Friday, they return home having levelled things up.

Sweden 1-2 England

U18s International Match
Sunday 9 October 2016
Tibblevallen, Täby, Sweden

Midfielder Mason Mount opened the scoring at the Tibblevallen after 32 minutes before his Chelsea team-mate Martell Taylor-Crossdale doubled England’s advantage five minutes before half time.

Sweden pulled a goal back two minutes after the re-start, but couldn’t find an equaliser to leave the Young Lions with a victorious journey home.

England Under-18s: 1 Ryan Sandford (Millwall), 2 Japhet Tanganga (Tottenham Hotspur), 3 Tolaji Bola (Arsenal), 4 Tariq Uwakwe (Chelsea), 5 Morgan Feeney (Everton) (c), 6 Ash Kigbu (Manchester City), 7 Jonathan Leko (West Bromwich Albion), 8 Dennis Adeniran (Fulham), 9 Martell Taylor-Crossdale (Chelsea), 10 Mason Mount (Chelsea), 11 Elliot Embleton (Sunderland)

Substitutions: 12 Jaden Brown (Tottenham Hotspur) for Tanganga 46, 16 Andre Dozzell (Ipswich Town) for Mount 78,  17 George Hirst (Sheffield Wednesday) for Leko 85,

Substitutes not used: 13 Ellery Balcombe (Brentford), 14 Marcus McGuane (Arsenal), 15 Jonathan Dinzeyi (Tottenham Hotspur)

Head coach: Neil Dewsnip

Goals: Mason Mount 32, Martell Taylor-Crossdale 40

By FA Staff