Under-21s boss is delighted with performance in 7-0 win
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ENGLAND Under-21s coach Lee Carsley felt his squad enhanced their reputations in the 7-0 European Championship qualifying win over Luxembourg in Bolton.
Chelsea winger Noni Madueke, Juventus’ Samuel Iling-junior and Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers all scored twice, with Borussia Dortmund’s Jamie Bynoe-gittens adding the other in a one-sided contest.
After the rout of Azerbaijan in Baku on Friday, Carsley’s side have racked up 12 goals in two games despite missing around 10 players through injury or call-ups to the senior side.
“One of the beauties of doing the Under-21s job which is different to a club side is sometimes when you make substitutions you are almost going like-for-like in terms of quality,” said Carsley.
“We have some outstanding players, not only with us tonight, but we have some players who didn’t get in the squad because of injuries, and the Under-20s squad is strong as well.
“They have done so well reputation-wise tonight to show what they are capable of.
“This was a camp I found quite difficult to plan in terms of how much training to do, how much recovery to do, how much tactical to do and try to get the balance in making sure they had some fun as well.
“I didn’t think we were as good as I’d have hoped out of possession; they hit the post and the bar, so if we were to look at anything we’d look at our shape out of possession.
“We didn’t have that much time to work on what they might do, so there is always stuff we can improve on.
“To get the two really positive performances and results is a real bonus.”