Levi Colwill captained England Under-19s to victory in their European Championship qualifying opener today, while Harvey Vale also started as the young Lions ran out 4-0 winners.

Colwill, who is currently on loan from Chelsea at Huddersfield Town, wore the skipper's armband and played all but the final 11 minutes in Stockholm. He featured in a back four, a change from the three-man defence deployed by the Terriers in the Championship.

Meanwhile, Vale played the full 90 minutes in a game that England dominated from start to finish. The forward, who was recently on the bench for Thomas Tuchel's senior Blues, had a couple of efforts to get on the scoresheet, contributing to the 28 shots that were taken by England as opposed to the three registered for Andorra.

The goals were netted by Tottenham's Dane Scarlett, Aston Villa's Carney Chukwuemeka and former Chelsea Academy winger Samuel Iling-Junior, now at Juventus and a recent opponent for the Blues in the UEFA Youth League. Charlie Webster and Jude Soonsup-Bell were unused substitutes.

England Under-19s are next in action against Switzerland on Saturday, before rounding off the group stage against the hosts Sweden next week. That clash could pit Ian Foster's side against Edwin Andersson, our young attacker who came off the bench for the Swedes in their group opener against Switzerland, which they won 2-1 courtesy of a stoppage-time strike.