Foden impresses as England book U21 Euro spot

The Manchester City youngster starred as England thrashed Andorra 7-0 to book their place at next summer's Euro 2019 finals. 

Aidy Boothroyd's 'Young Lions' have topped Group Four with a game to spare, sealing their qualification for the tournament hosted in Italy and San Marino. 

Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored a brace, while Ademola Lookman, Ezri Konsa, Dominic Solanke, Reiss Nelson and Christian Garcia's own goal wrapped up a dominant win in Chesterfield. 

18-year-old Phil Foden impressed his manager with his England U21 debut. "Phil is a real team player," he told 'Sky Sports'.

"When he gets the ball in difficult positions, he wriggles out of it like a little eel.

"Considering he hasn't played a game with this group of players, I thought he took to it really well."

 

October 11, 2018

England have now qualified for seven straight tournaments and are 34 games unbeaten in the qualifiers. 

"Whatever the tournament we want to get to the latter stages and we want to win things," he said. "This group have won with the junior teams and it has been a little while since Stuart's (Pearce) team got to the final (in 2009).

"We've qualified for Italy which is the biggest thing, to play in the European Championships and getting the boys tournament experience is what we're about."