Kolkata: England produced a memorable come-from-behind performance to thrash Spain 5-2 and win the FIFA U-17 World Cup final here at the Salt Lake Stadium, Saturday.
It was a sweet revenge as England lost to La Rojas juniors in the U-17 European Championships, earlier this year. England have now done a FIFA double in the same year, having won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in June.
It was a night to remember at the Salt Lake Stadium as England came back from a two-goal deficit to pump in five in-front of a capacity crowd of 66,000 plus.
This was after Spain went ahead 2-0 at the stroke of half an hour with striker Sergio Gomez bang on target both the times. If the first was a back-heel capitalising on a defensive lapse, the second was an inch perfect left-footed angular volley.
However, England’s goal-machine Rhian Brewster’s powerful header in the 44th minute saw his team go into break down by two goals to one. Brewster won the ‘Golden Boot’ with eight goals to his credit.
However, things changed differently in the second half as Morgan Gibbs-White tapped home an inch-perfect cross to make it 2-2. Phil Foden then found the target in the 69th minute and the winners literally sealed the issue in the 84th minute with the fourth goal scored by Marc Guehi. The Three Lions were not over yet as Foden rounded off the tally in the 88th minute.
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