Moore and Olusesi’s England suffer U17 Euro exit on penalties

Mikey Moore and Callum Olusesi suffered penalty shootout heartbreak with England as the Young Lions were eliminated from the European Under-17 Championship by Italy on Thursday evening.

Mikey set up Ethan Nwaneri’s 16th-minute opener for England with another superb driving run, but Mattia Liberali’s equaliser meant the quarter-final tie ended 1-1 after 90 minutes.

With the game going straight to penalties, Mikey scored England’s first spot-kick, but it was ultimately Italy who escaped with a 5-4 victory to advance to the semi-finals.

It was a bitter blow to the Young Lions, who had piled on the pressure during the second half in search of a winner.

Mikey continued his run of starting every game at the tournament, completing the full match, while Callum came off the bench just before the hour mark.