The Under 20 squad (made up from the U18-U19 groups) in South Korea at the FIFA U20 World Cup has played Argentina (w 3-0) in front of a 15,000 crowd, Guinea (d 1-1) and then the youngsters beat the hosts 1-0.
Their seasonal record has been: Played 9, won 7, drawn 1 and lost one away to South Korea.
Dominic Solanke, recently signed by Liverpool from Chelsea, has been prominent at this tournament, as his team won 2-1 beating Costa Rica has. His team moved onto the quarter-finals under the careful stewardship of Paul Simpson. The young Lions play on the 5th of June at the Jeonju Stadium.
Ademola Lookman of Everton heads the squad's goal scoring record of TWO....the rest of our goals are from a variety of scorers.
Other quarter-finals include: Zambia-Italy, Portugal-Uruguay, USA-Venezuela. 4th and 5th June.
Meanwhile another Under 20 squad is playing at the Toulon Tournament and they have reached the quarter finals, playing Mexico on the 5th of June. George Hirst scored 3 (Sheffield born and with the Wednesday) and Harvey Barnes 2 (a product of the Leicester Academy) in a 7-1 whopping of Cuba under the managership of Neil Dewsnip. Their first win was over Angola 1-0 (Ugbo scored) and having qualified their match is against Japan tomorrow. The Czech Republic and Brazil complete the next round opponents, Japan will probably make it too. FUTURE?
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