England Women's U19s beat Serbia in Euro qualifier

Monday 07 Apr 2014
Natasha Flint was amongst the scorers against Serbia on Monday morning

England Women's U19s made it two wins out of two in their latest Euro qualifier on Monday morning, when goals from Natasha Flint and Rosella Ayane sealed a 2-0 victory over Serbia.

Mo Marley's side began their Elite Qualifying Round games with a 1-0 win against Denmark on Saturday.

This result now means that another three points against host nation Finland on Thursday will be enough to see them reach the Euro Finals in Norway next July.

 

England U19s 2-0 Serbia U19s

UEFA European U19 Women's Championship
Elite Qualifying Round
9am (BST), Monday 7 April 2014
Sonera Stadium, Helsinki, Finland

 

 

Despite their domination of the game in terms of possession and attempts on the Serbia goal, it was still goal-less at half time in Helsinki.

But the Lionesses broke the deadlock after the break in the 67th minute, when Manchester City winger Flint opened the scoring to put her side in control and on the way to victory.

And when Chelsea forward Ayane was brought on to replace Sarah Mayling just after the hour-mark, she made the points secure in stoppage time with a killer second goal.

England will play their final, and decisive, game in Helsinki on Thursday morning.

England Women's U19s (1-4-4-2): 13 Caitlin Leach; 2 Aoife Mannion, 12 Gabrielle George, 6 Ellie Stewart, 3 Leah Williamson; 7 Natasha Flint, 4 Jade Bailey (c),14 Abbey-Leigh Stringer, 11 Sarah Mayling; 10 Katie Zelem, 18 Bethany Mead.

Substitutes: 15 Rosella Ayane for Mayling (63), 16 Millie Turner for Zelem (78).

Substitutes not used: 1 Sophie Baggaley, 5 Vyan Sampson, 8 Jodoie Brett, 9 Jess Carter, 17 Coral-Jade Haines.

Goals: Flint (67), Ayane (90+2).

Head Coach: Mo Marley.

By Nicholas Veevers Content Manager - FA Owned Channels