England win U19s European Championship in extra-time after spirited fightback

England's Under-19 side broke Israel hearts to win the final of the European Championships, coming from behind to record a 2-1 victory thanks to extra-time goals from Carney Chukwuemeka and Aaron Ramsey

Ian Foster's side had won all of their games en route to the final, including a group stage victory over Israel. However, after an impressive first-half performance in Trnava, Oscar Gloukh gave Israel a half-time lead shortly before the break.

The Young Lions included a number of players with minutes for Premier League clubs, including Aston Villa's Chukwuemeka and Tottenham Hotspur forward Dane Scarlett. It was another youngster on the books of a Premier League club, Manchester City's Callum Doyle, who equalised with a scrappy goal early in the second period as Israel failed to clear a corner.

With neither side able to find a winner inside 90 minutes, the game went to extra-time and England took the opportunity to throw on Liam Delap, scorer of the winner against Israel in the group stages. But it was Villa star Chukwuemeka who made the difference when he beat goalkeeper Tomer Zarfati to a tantalising Harvey Vale cross and found the empty net, before Ramsey made the result safe by tapping in the rebound after Zarfati palmed away Delap's low shot.

England has won the European Under-19 Championships back in 2017, but hadn't reached the final of the competition in the years since. The last victorious side included a number of current full internationals, including Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale and Chelsea stars Reece James and Mason Mount.

Chelsea were also represented in this year's squad, with Harvey Vale starting the final and Teddy Sharman-Lowe and Bashir Humphreys on the bench. There were also two