Kolkata, Oct 28: England produced a memorable come-from-behind performance to crush Spain 5-2 and win the FIFA U-17 World Cup final, here on Saturday (October 28).
England have now done a FIFA double in the same year, having won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in June. It was a sweet revenge as England lost to La Rojas juniors in the U-17 European Championship, earlier this year.
Congratulations England, FIFA U17 World Champions #ENGvESP #FIFAU17WC #FootballTakesOver pic.twitter.com/PoJr0W5qXF
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) October 28, 2017
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.
📸 Remember the name: Sergio Gomez
— #FIFAU17WC 🇮🇳⚽️🏆 (@FIFAcom) October 28, 2017
He's got two in the first half for Spain in #FIFAU17WC Final ⚽️⚽️ pic.twitter.com/pF1VqRrxaT
This was after Spain went ahead 2-0 at the stroke of half an hour with striker Sergio Gomez bang on target. 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 half-time down by two goals to one.
That feeling when you bag a brace in the #FIFAU17WC final 😁💪@PhilFoden 👏 pic.twitter.com/zGSNQM0XWn
— #FIFAU17WC 🇮🇳⚽️🏆 (@FIFAcom) October 28, 2017
Brewster won the 'Golden Boot' with 8 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.
It's all over – we are the #FIFAU17WC champions! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/lS8Cjr6cjn
— England (@England) October 28, 2017
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 Young Lions were not over as Fodden rounded off the tally in the 88th minute.