Daily Mail

SOLANKE FIRES YOUNG LIONS INTO LAST FOUR

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DOMINIC SOLANKE fired England into their first FIFA Under 20 World Cup semi-final since 1993 as they defeated Mexico 1-0 despite Josh Onomah’s controvers­ial red card. The 19-year-old forward (right), who recently moved from Chelsea to Liverpool, showed superb composure to tuck home the winner two minutes into the second half and set up a clash with Italy on Thursday. But the Young Lions faced a tense finale in South Korea when Spurs midfielder Onomah was shown a second yellow card for accidental­ly treading on the boot of a Mexico player — a decision manager Paul Simpson labelled ‘ridiculous’.

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