Ekitike’s Hattrick fires France to win against England in eight-goal Thriller | England under 21

So far the easy option. Lee Carsley’s second arrival when the head coach of England under the 21 ended in a Kastenoerrecht against a talented France side that could prove to be a large stumbling block in his hope for retaining the European title.

A hat trick from Hugo Ekitike and an inspiring version of Lyon’s Rayan Cherki were too much for an experimental English side that responded with goals from James McATee, Harvey Elliott and Liam Delap before Elliott wasted a chance to make his penalty in Orbit.

A hard late red card for replacement Omari Hutchinson was not exactly what Carsley would have planned from this trip to Brittany when Gérald Baticle’s side laid a marker prior to this summer’s tournament in Slovakia.

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Carsley said this week that he feels “very happy” to be in charge of such a talented team after his spell as an interim -senior coach. He had hinted that he would use this and Monday’s friendly against Portugal to try out different combinations with a largely different group than the team that triumphed two years ago at the European Championship in Georgia.

Captain Taylor Harwood-Bellis of Southampton was the only player who had started the final against Spain in 2023 to keep his place while England switched to a rear three, although Jarrad Branthwaite van Everton had to do with a place on the couch only on Wednesday at the training camp on Wednesday.

Alex Scott van Bournemouth was a surprise choice in Right-Wing Back when Adam Wharton-Die, together with Harwood-Bellis and Liam Delap this week, trained with Thomas Tuchel’s Senior Squad and Elliot Anderson was preferred in the central midfield where Carsley is spoiled.

He must have thought that it would be a comfortable evening if McATEE – who may not be eligible for this summer in Slovakia, given the involvement of Manchester City at the Club World Cup – from a corner of a corner hit home after Delap’s Header in the second minute to deviate from his Ipswich teammate Jaden Philogene.

But France also has an impressive depth in this age group and was the same within two minutes when a brilliant by Rayan Cherki Merlin’s ball set up in the area. Harwood-Bellis and goalkeeper James Beadle were then in default as a long ball of the excellent Cherki Ekitike-the Eintracht Frankfurt striker that will be confronted against Tottenham in the quarterfinals of the Europa League of next month-to racing and scoring.

While they had trouble getting a grip on the springy front three of France, England looked clear when they went ahead and it needed solid saves from keeper Obed Nkambadio to keep the efforts of Delap, Philogene and Anderson before Philogenic’s bent shot hit the post.

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There was a touch of class about Ekitike’s second goal after good work by Tottenham’s Wilson Odobert on the left, allowed him to shoot the ball in the net. But Elliott gave England renewed hope when he withdrew a back of McATee’s smart header over the goal, where Anderson then went within the centimeters of equalization just before half -time.

With so many options on the couch, including Arsenal’s Ethan Nwaneri who celebrated his 18th birthday, it was a surprise that Carsley did not make early changes for the second half.

Ekitike soon completed his hat trick with a simple tap after Odobert left CJ Egan-Vriley in his fabric again, although England refused to throw the towel in the towel and a life line when Delap came in after the Mcatee chip had hit the crossbar.

Elliott was given a golden chance to be the same as Rico Lewis was eliminated, but the fine of the Liverpool Voorwaarts reminded Harry Kane’s against France during the 2022 World Cup while it fell into the stands.

It was left for Cherki to apply the coup de Grace when his shot writhed under the unfortunate beads to send Carsley back to the drawing table.