England will be unable to defend their FIFA U20 World Cup title

England U19s boss Paul Simpson has revealed his "disappointed" after his side failed to qualify for the U20 World Cup after a 0-3 defeat to Norway U19s.

England U19s missed out on a place at the 2019 U20 World Cup after losing 3-0 to Norway U19s on Thursday in Finland. 

Both teams finished third in their group, meaning that a qualification play-off between the two sides was needed. 

Norway scored three goals in the final 15 minutes to deny holders England a place at next year’s FIFA U20 World Cup.

This result will come as a great shock and disappointment, as England won the competition last year in South Korea. 

The game was goalless until the 75th minute when Erik Botheim opened the floodgates for the Norwegians.

In an interview with 'Sky Sports' Simpson said, "I think we have to be honest; on the day, we were second best and Norway fully deserved their victory."

"We are very, very disappointed because we didn't do enough to get a result out of the game."

"They were physically stronger and a little bit more robust and battle-hardened than our players. They found a way to win the game."

"We go away very, very disappointed that we don't have an opportunity to go and retain the World Cup that we won in South Korea last year. But we'll dust ourselves down and learn from it."