Report: England MU18s 1-1 Korea Republic

England men’s under-18s were held to a 1-1 draw by Korea Republic on Tuesday evening.

The Young Lions are out in Marbella for three warm-up games ahead of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup, which takes place between November 10 and December 2.

Ryan Garry’s side started the trip with a 1-1 draw with Belgium on Wednesday before beating Morocco 1-0 on Saturday.

England started well against Korea Republic on Tuesday but found themselves 1-0 down after a half-volley into the bottom right corner.

The Young Lions went into the break level though after great pressing from Matthew Warhurst forced a mistake from the goalkeeper.

Korea Republic went down to ten men in the second half but despite England’s best efforts, they had to settle for a draw.

Focus now turns to the 2023 FIFA U17 World Cup in Indonesia, where the Young Lions will face Brazil, Iran and New Caledonia in the group stages.

England: 1 Tommy Setford (Ajax), 2 Lakyle Samuel (Manchester City) (c ), 3 Ishé Samuels Smith (Chelsea), 4 Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny (Chelsea), 5 Josh Acheampong (Chelsea), 6 Joe Johnson (Luton Town), 7 Justin Oboavwoduo (Manchester City), 8 Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (Southampton), 9 Matthew Warhurst (Manchester City), 10 Joel Ndala (Manchester City), 11 Archie Stevens (Glasgow Rangers)

Substitutes: 19 Jimmy Jay Morgan (Chelsea) for Oboavwoduo 45, 18 Jayden Danns (Liverpool) for Russell-Denny 78, 17 Tom King (Cheltenham Town) for Ndala 78, 14 Finley McAllister (Manchester United) for Amo-Ameyaw 78

Substitutes not used: 12 Triston Rowe (Aston Villa), 13 Ted Curd (Hashtag United, loan from Chelsea), 15 Harrison Murray Campbell (Chelsea), 16 Zach Abbott (Nottingham Forest), 20 Chris Rigg (Sunderland), 21 Tom Watson (Sunderland), 22 Elyh Harrison (Manchester United), 23 Jayden Meghoma (Southampton), 24 Anthony Munda (Newcastle United)

Head coach: Ryan Garry

Goals: Matthew Warhurst 44