England Under 17's lose out to Portugal at Nene Park
England Under 17's lose out to Portugal at Nene Park
Full match report and highlights video can be found here
Full Time Score: England 1 v 2 Portugal
John Peacock's team could have been a couple of goals ahead after 30 minutes, but they were undone by two quickfire strikes either side of half time by Portugal's FC Porto forward Filip Barros.
The Young Lions, who were denied by the post on two occasions, often looked fluid and controlled in possession but just couldn't turn their chances into goals and whilst Barros' second goal had a touch of class about it, his leveller could only be put down to pure luck.
It was certainly hard luck on the Young Lions, but they now have the chance to put things right in 48 hours, when they face Israel at Peterborough United's London Road on Friday evening.
England: Ryan Allsop, Keanu Marsh-Brown, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Edward Oshodi, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, John Bostock (c), Jacob Walcott (Tom Hitchcock, 74) Ezekiel Fryers, Kieran Edwards (Ahmed Benali, 56) Tom Parkes, Cameron Park (Abdulai Baggie, 65)
Subs not used: Jamie Reckord, Sam Mantom, Deale Chamberlain, Carl Jenkinson.
Portugal: João Figueiredo, João Amorim, Tiago Ribeiro, Miguel Serôdio, Rui Coentrão, Sérgio Oliveira, Roberto Da Silva (João Beirão, 63) Filipe Barros, João Amorim (c) (Ruben Pinto, 68) William Carvalho, Sérgio Marques (Luis Gustavo, 41).
Subs not used: Pedro Cavadas, Miguel Lourenço, André Dias, Afonso Taira.
Referee: Gavin Ward
Assistant Referees: Nick Hobbis & Chris Knowles
Fourth Official: David Coote
Attendance: 1039
England Celebrate
Recieving the England Pennant
