Two of Aston Villa’s young starlets shined brightly for England Under-21s on Friday night.
Jacob Ramsey and Cameron Archer started for the Young Lions as they dismantled Kosovo 5-0 in European Under-21 Championship qualifying.
Ramsey took the captain’s armband for part of the game, with Archer scoring two second half goals.
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The striker, who scored his first England U21 goal in their last outing, netted his first of the night on 52 minutes before doubling his tally on 71 minutes.
Capping off a great night, Ramsey was named Player of the Match for his country, who will now prepare to play Slovenia on Monday, June 13 (7:45pm).
Boubacar Kamara made his first start for France as they came from behind to draw with Austria.
The club’s summer signing, who won his second cap, played the full 90 minutes as Kylian Mbappe cancelled out former Villan Andreas Weimann’s goal. Lucas Digne was an unused substitute for Les Bleus.
The draw sees France stay bottom of Group A1 in the Nations League ahead of a game against Croatia on Monday, June 13 (7:45pm).
Viljami Sinisalo’s hopes of featuring at the European Under-21 Championship came to an end after Finland were beaten by Norway in their final group game.
Defeat left them third in Group A as they narrowly missed out on a play-off spot.
