England U21s celebrated qualifying for subsequent 12 months’s European Championships by pipping Ukraine to prime their group with a 7-0 thrashing of Azerbaijan at Ashton Gate.
There have been seven totally different scorers for the Younger Lions, managed once more by Ben Futcher whereas Lee Carsley stays the senior interim supervisor.
Charlie Cresswell fired the hosts forward inside two minutes earlier than Callum Doyle netted a second simply earlier than the half-hour.
England actually got here into their very own after the interval, when James McAtee’s strike was adopted by a Celal Huseynov personal objective, plus additional targets from Elliot Anderson, Dane Scarlett and Omari Hutchinson to offer England one other massive win.
The Younger Lions had already certified for Euro 2025 over the weekend as they had been assured to complete at the least as one of many three-best second-placed finishers of their group.
However following Ukraine’s final-game slip-up in opposition to Serbia, who beat them 1-0 in Stara Pazova, England signed off in good model by topping Group F – prior to now starting the seven-month wait till the finals subsequent June in Slovakia.
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