Report: England MU18s 1-3 Poland

England men’s under-18s suffered a 3-1 loss to Poland on Friday morning in the first of two November matches in Valencia.

A first-half strike from winger Ben Broggio was not enough to prevent defeat as the Poles produced a comeback win.

Liam Bramley’s side got off to a strong start, taking the lead within 17 minutes on the clock, courtesy of some great link-up play on the right flank.

Jaden Dixon and Trevan Sanusi set up Baylee Dipepa for shot, with the rebound being put away by Broggio. 

England continued to probe in the half but were ultimately pegged back before the break as a pinpoint corner was headed home to make it 1-1.

Poland built on their momentum heading into the second half, grabbing a second midway through the second period before adding a late third to seal the win.

The Young Lions could not fight back and will now face the losing team from Germany v Belgium on Monday 18 November to conclude their camp.

England: 1  Douglass Lukjanciks (Everton), 2 Jaden Dixon (Stoke City), 3 Christian McFarlane (New York City), 4 Souleymane Sidibe (Stoke City), 5 Samuel Amissah (Fulham), 6 Leon Routh (Aston Villa), 7 Trevan Sanusi (Newcastle United), 8 Harrison Armstrong (Everton), 9 Baylee Dipepa (Southampton), 10 Jack Fletcher (Manchester United), 11 Benjamin Broggio (Aston Villa)

Substitutes: 22 Nicolas Michalski (City of Liverpool, on loan from Blackburn Rovers) for Lukjanciks 60', 15 Kian Noble (Manchester City) for Dixon 60', 14 Stephen Mfuni (Manchester City) for Routh 60', 19 George Hemmings (Aston Villa) for Fletcher 60', 16 Saheed Olagunju (Wolverhampton Wanderers) for Amissah 69', 18 Ollie Harrison (Chelsea) for Sidibe 69', 20 Callum Olusesi (Tottenham Hotspur) for Armstrong 69', 12 Chukwuemeka Adiele (West Ham United) for Broggio 69', 21 Sean Neave (Newcastle United) for Dipepa 69'

Substitutes not used: 13 Oliver Whatmuff (Manchester City), 17 Leo Shahar (Newcastle United)

Goal: Broggio 17'

Head coach: Liam Bramley