Overview
- England U19s, who faced Portugal on Tuesday, won 6-0 as Max Dowman scored on a long solo run from his own half and added two assists.
- The emphatic result did not clinch a place at the U19 Euros because Serbia beat Poland 1-0 to top the group and eliminate England.
- Dowman is 16 and became the Premier League’s youngest-ever goalscorer last month with a late strike for Arsenal against Everton.
- Talk of taking him to the World Cup has grown, yet Micah Richards and Theo Walcott say it is too soon, and reports say Thomas Tuchel left him out of recent senior friendlies to ease pressure.
- Arsenal are managing his minutes to protect his development, a plan that now carries added weight with no summer U19 tournament on his schedule.