Report: England WU17s 2-0 Czechia

First-half strikes from Jessica Anderson and Eva Hendle secured the Younger Lionesses a second victory of their qualifying marketing campaign following Monday’s 7-0 win over Faroe Islands. 

With either side making a full of life begin, Czechia managed to check keeper Silvana Marshall Miranda first, placing the crossbar straight from a nook and it was the guests who managed the opening phases.

However it was the Younger Lionesses who took the lead with their first significant assault of the half, when Anderson capitalised on England’s excessive press to calmly end and make it 1-0 after 22 minutes.

England would proceed to construct on this lead, asserting themselves because the half continued, they usually grabbed a second quickly after, as Hendle latched onto the top of a Lois Shooter cross to fit the ball beneath the goalkeeper to double her aspect’s lead quarter-hour from the break.

John Salomon and his aspect managed the fixture up till the interval, with Shooter having the prospect so as to add a 3rd, grazing the submit from simply contained in the field.

With the second half commencing, Czechia continued to battle their means again into the fixture and began the sharper of the 2 sides, however to no avail.

The Younger Lionesses nonetheless had their possibilities, nonetheless. A well-worked passage of play between Evie McCaffrey, Shooter and Anderson led to the latter’s shot fizzing simply vast of the submit.

As England continued on their seek for a 3rd, Might Cruft was unfortunate to be denied in a objective line scramble and this strain was sustained, as captain Lucy Day was denied from contained in the six-yard field moments later.

The house aspect would proceed to probe, as a beautiful run on the left from Hendle resulted in Gabriella Storey clipping the bar, simply minutes after approaching.

Because the fixture proceeded into the final quarter, England continued to manage the half as they’d from the off as Salomon and his crew claimed their second win of their qualifying marketing campaign.

The WU17s will now face the Netherlands on Sunday 13 October, as they appear to make it three wins from three within the EURO 2025 qualifying marketing campaign.

England: 1 Silvana Marshall Miranda (Brighton & Hove Albion), 5 Eva Hendle (Chelsea), 6 Jessica Anderson (Manchester United), 8 Isabella Cowley (Chelsea), 9 Aaliyah Pearson (Manchester United), 10 Eva Forster (North Carolina Braveness), 12 Might Cruft (Rangers), 15 Evie McCaffrey (Manchester Metropolis), 16 Lois Shooter (Chelsea), 19 Lucy Day (Birmingham Metropolis) ©, 20 Elise Christian (Chelsea)

Substitutes: 18 Chloe Sarwie (Chelsea) for Pearson 67’, 7 Freya Hirons (Aston Villa) for Shooter 67’, 3 Isabel Hebard (Bristol Metropolis) for Anderson 76’, 17 Gabriella Storey (Chelsea) for Forster, 2 Jhanaie Dezire-Pierre (Tottenham Hotspur) for Hendle 85’

Substitutes not used: 4 Mia Balmer (Brighton & Hove Albion), 11 Taylor Warren (Chelsea), 13 Chiemela-Juj Ude (Arsenal), 14 Holly Minshull (Manchester United)

Targets: Anderson 22’, Hendle 30’

Head Coach: John Salomon