England U21 4-0 France U21: Chelsea’s Madueke scores one and assists twice
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Chelsea winger Noni Madueke stole the show as England Under-21s strolled past France
Chelsea youngster Noni Madueke scored once and assisted twice as England Under-21s beat France in a friendly.
Arsenal’s Emile Smith Rowe scored his first goal of an injury-hit season to open the scoring.
Madueke scored before setting up Liverpool’s Curtis Jones and Aston Villa’s Jacob Ramsey to extend England’s lead.
It had been a tough first half but second-half changes altered England’s fortunes.
France came the closest before the break as Kouadio Kone forced Bolton Wanderers’ James Trafford, on loan from Manchester United, into an excellent save to tip his effort from distance over the crossbar.
England were much-improved after Lee Carsley’s second-half substitutions and Smith Rowe broke the deadlock as his diving header turned Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White’s cross past the France goalkeeper.
Madueke extended their advantage as he turned home a Jones cut-back at the back post.
Jones scored a minute later when he backheeled a Madueke cross home from close range.
Madueke assisted once more, threading through Ramsey who drove an effort through the legs of Lucas Chevalier.
Line-upsEngland U21
Formation 4-2-3-1
1Trafford
24Spence15Cresswell4Colwill2Aarons
6Skipp20Gomes
7Gibbs-White19Elliott10Smith Rowe
9Archer
Substitutes
France U21
Formation 4-2-3-1
16Chevalier
17Gendrey2Simakan5Badiashile3Larouci
19Lepenant7Koné
22Olise10Cherki15Adli
18Abline
Substitutes
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Match ends, England U21 4, France U21 0.
Second Half ends, England U21 4, France U21 0.
Corner, France U21. Conceded by Levi Colwill.
Attempt missed. Arnaud Kalimuendo (France U21) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mohamed Simakan.
Goal! England U21 4, France U21 0. Jacob Ramsey (England U21) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Noni Madueke with a through ball.
Substitution, France U21. Castello Lukeba replaces Benoît Badiashile.
Substitution, France U21. Han-Noah Massengo replaces Johann Lepenant.
Levi Colwill (England U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Arnaud Kalimuendo (France U21).
Goal! England U21 3, France U21 0. Curtis Jones (England U21) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Noni Madueke.
Substitution, England U21. Ben Johnson replaces Djed Spence.
Goal! England U21 2, France U21 0. Noni Madueke (England U21) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
Substitution, France U21. Bradley Barcola replaces Michael Olise.
Substitution, France U21. Andy Diouf replaces Manu Koné.
Substitution, France U21. Arnaud Kalimuendo replaces Matthis Abline.
Jacob Ramsey (England U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mohamed Simakan (France U21).
Substitution, England U21. Cole Palmer replaces Harvey Elliott.
Substitution, England U21. Tommy Doyle replaces Oliver Skipp.
Substitution, England U21. Jacob Ramsey replaces Angel Gomes.