This lot won the Under 20 World Cup on June 11th 2017 and thus there is hope for the "grown up" World Cup in 2022.
Played in Suwon, South Korea, the young English scored through Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) after 35 minutes and were "saved" by goalkeeper Freddie Woodman of Newcastle who "saved" a penalty in the second half and was he awarded the Golden Glove for the tournament.
Alongside Calvert-Lewin were Everton colleagues Jonjoe Kenny, Ademola Lookman and Kieran Dowell (on loan to Sheffield Utd)
Chelsea were represented by Fiyako Tomori (on loan at Derby), Jake Clarke-Salter Vitesse), Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) was voted Golden Ball winner,
Spurs by Josh Onomah and Kyle Walker-Peters
Arsenal by Ainsley Maitland-Niles (loan to Ipswich) and Liverpool by Sheyi Ojo (Stade Reims) and Lewis Cook from Bournemouth.
The lads were managed by Paul Simpson (previously Newcastle) the modern day Alf Ramsey!
On their way to the Final the Young Lions played Argentina (3-0), Guinea (1-1) and South Korea (1-0) topping their Group and then beat Costa Rica in the last 16, Mexico in the quarter-final (last 8) and Italy 3-1 in the semi.
Venezuela beat Uruguay on pens in their semi-final having scored an equaliser in the 90th +1 minute.
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