England Women’s U19 took on Italy today in a friendly match. Italy scored on 41′ but held the lead for just one minute before England equalised through Arsenal’s Chloe Kelly to earn the England U19s a respectable draw away from home.
This friendly is part of Mo Marley’s preparaton for the Euro qualifiers next spring, the draw for which will take place on Friday 13 November. England are among the top seeds alongside Spain, Switzerland, Germany, France and Finland.
The Elite Round qualifiers will take place in April 2016.
The Euro finals will be staged in Slovakia in July.
England: 13 Sandy MacIver (Manchester City), 2 Eloise Wilson (Reading), 3 Paula Howells (London Bees), 4 Keira Walsh (C; Manchester City), 5 Leah Williamson (Arsenal), 7 Evie Clarke (Arsenal), 8 Sophie Stamp (Doncaster Rovers Belles), 9 Mollie Green (Liverpool), 10 Jenna Legg (Chelsea), 11 Chloe Kelly (Arsenal), 12 Mayumi Pacheco (Liverpool).
Substitutes: 15 Ashleigh Plumptre (Notts County) for Howells HT, 14 Lauren Davies (Everton) for Legg 65, 16 Emma Kelly (Sunderland) for Kelly 65, 17 Lucy Loomes (London Bees) for Clarke 81, 18 Atlanta Primus (Chelsea) for Williamson 81.
Substitutes not used: 1 Sian Rogers (Arsenal), 6 Gabrielle George (Everton).
Goals: Kelly 42
Head coach: Mo Marley
