Two goals apiece from Noni Madueke, Harvey Elliott, and Jaden Philogene help Lee Carsley’s team rally for a resounding victory in a City Ground shootout.

Lee Carsley will be confident that his revamped Under 21s have improved even after receiving a spanking. That’s the one where they learned that being superior isn’t enough.

On a night full of excitement for the European champions, Noni Madueke, Jaden Philogene, and Harvey Elliott each scored twice to demonstrate how excellent this team has the potential to be.

In contrast, for the first half an hour, England tried to walk it in, to score a perfect goal, seeking to shame opponents in circumstances that could make eye-catching social media videos but weren’t effecting this Euro qualifier.The real action began when Serbia made their first serious run up the other end, with Vladimir Lucic dashing across James Trafford and the visitors provocatively celebrating in front of the home bench.

After then, England started playing like a team again, and they went into halftime leading 3-1. After falling behind early, Philogene scored an equalizer on his debut, and then Hull City loanee Liam Delap pounded home a second.Liam Rosenior, Hull’s coach, deserves credit for helping mold some of the country’s top athletes into winners.

Carsley can take heart in the fact that his team improved significantly following the first game. The European Cup he proudly displayed in front of the City Ground faithful just before it meant nothing, and he now needs to mold a mostly new group of players into winners.”We want them tо be exciting, attacking,” he said. They wоuld оccasiоnally take an extra pass, hоwever this became less frequent as the game prоgressed. Everyоne will fоcus оn the оffensive aspects, but we must alsо imprоve оur defense.

You’d think it was easy based on the score, but it wasn’t. It’s a credit to the guys that we were able to talk a few days ago about how they’d respond to adversity. Strong personality traits were evident in them.

The forecast seems promising. The English are proficient with the ball, have dangerous attackers, and, in Delap, a pivot player off of whom players like Elliott can operate.

Elliott, given more freedom, sped into the box and slammed a shot into the top corner before Madueke stepped in to ensure he wouldn’t be overshadowed. Carsley continued, “We spoke at half time about taking chances.” In the second half, “they were cutthroat.”This was undeniably correct. The final tally for the Young Lions was nine, and Madueke’s two clean sweeps showed that his work is maturing.

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Even better was Elliott, who slid past a hapless Veljko Ilic to score after he pounced on a lost ball 25 yards out. Ten were requested, but everyone had to make do.