The England U17s were doing very nicely in their recent tournament but lost the final on penalties to Spain at the weekend.
In South Korea's FIFA biennial 21st U20s World Cup, what about our lads' performance? It included this own goal by Fiyako Tomori, a Chelsea defender on loan to Brighton. In their second group game England drew 1-1 with Guinea, not a very flattering result. Young Lion goalkeeper, Dean Henderson was completely floored!
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/may/23/fikayo-tomori-england-u20-world-cup-own-goal-guinea
Fiyako was responsible for an own goal when the Albion lost to Brighton in this season's FA Cup.
Bournemouth's Lewis Cook scored England's first goal and despite the draw, the Young Lions top their group having beaten Argentina 3-0 on Saturday.
England play the hosts South Korea on Friday and should be safe. The England squad includes 2 from Newcastle, 5 Everton, 1 Bournemouth, 3 Chelsea, 2 Spurs, 1 Arsenal, 1 BRENTFORD, 1 United, 2 Middlesbrough, 2 Liverpool, 1 Reading.
The World Cup features six groups of 4 with the most "remote" team being Vanuatu, who along with New Zealand qualify through the Oceania group.
England based players appear in other squads;
3 in New Zealand (1 with Sunderland, 1 at Blackpool and 1 in the Nike Academy), 3 in USA (they are on Spurs, Arsenal and Fulham's books)
England got there as one of the European group winners and Serbia the holders from 2015 failed to qualify. South Korea are hosts of course.
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