YOUNG LIONS HELD

The FA
Wednesday, 22 October 2008.
UK

UEFA European U17 Championship

England U17s were held to a goal-less draw by Armenia in their opening
game of the European Championship First Qualifying Round on Wednesday
evening.

John Peacock’s team found themselves largely frustrated by a strong
and physical Armenian team who defended in numbers in a bid to shut
the Lions out and they were successful.

Whilst enjoying the vast majority of the possession and pressure,
England couldn’t find a way through or create any clear chances and
had to settle for just a point.

However, it could’ve been a different story with both Jonjo Shelvey
and Jack Wilshere seeing shots hit the bar in the game.

If England were going to score, their better chances arrived earlier in
the game when Jose Baxter saw a shot well saved by Armenian goalkeeper
Tigran Davytan.

After 55 minutes, England came even closer when Wilshere’s in-swinging
free kick from the right evaded everybody only to clip the bar.

Nine minutes later, Shelvey was even more unfortunate when he saw his
shot come crashing back off the woodwork as England tried to break
the deadlock.

In the other match in England’s group, hosts Spain got off to a flying
start with a 6-0 victory against Estonia in the earlier game at Campo
los Cuartes.

England Head Coach Peacock will now be hoping his team can follow
suit and get three points when they face Estonia on Friday evening.

England: Jed Steer, Keanu Marsh-Brown, Ezekiel Fryers, Emmanuel
Frimpong, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Jack Wilshere, Jose Baxter, John Bostock
(c) (Jacob Walcott, 68) Luke Freeman (Billy Knott, 54) Jonjo Shelvey,
Tom Parkes.

Substitutes not used: Edward Oshodi, James Hurst, Ryan Allsop, Jamie
Reckord, Liam Head.

Armenia: Tigran Davytan, Rafayel Nersisyan, Varazdat Haroyan, Vachik
Yeghiazaryan, Sedrak Shakbazyan, Gevorg Ohanyan (Gor Gugujyan,
55) Gevorg Ohanyan K (c) (Argishti Petrosyan, 60) Davit Sujyan,
Kamo Hovhannisyan, Grisha Khachatryan, Valter Poghosyan (Artush
Kerobyan, 75)

Substitutes not used: Hayk Hunanyan, Karo Loretsyan (GK), Erik
Sargsyan, Armen Zakaryan.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress