Rising Newcastle United star helps Young Lions see out thrilling 3-2 win over the Netherlands

The Young Lions kicked off the first of three matches this month in Valencia with a thrilling 3-2 victory against the Netherlands on Wednesday.

Ryan Kavuma-McQueen opened the scoring in the 19th minute with a shot into the top left corner.

Only for Jeshurun Simeon to equalise for the young Dutch side.

The Netherlands Under 18s then won a penalty just ahead of the hour mark which Tinashe de Nkinki de Betue converted to give the Dutch a 2-1 lead.

On 68 minutes it was all square when Jeremy Monga scored for the England Under 18s to make it 2-2.

Rising Newcastle United star Kyran Thompson was one of the subs brought on in the 73rd minute and seven minutes later the Young Lions got the clincher in this five goal thriller, Riley Ebho getting the winner.

Netherlands Under 18s 2 England Under 18s 3

England: 1 Ben Vickery (Manchester City), 2 Oscar Sandiford (Tottenham Hotspur), 3 Calvin Diakite (Chelsea), 4 Freddie Lawrie (Manchester City), 5 Marlow Barrett (Manchester City), 6 Tyrese Noubissie (RC Strasbourg), 7 Ryan Kavuma-McQueen (Portsmouth, loan from Chelsea), 8 Hugo De Lisle (Leicester City), 9 Jashayde Greenwood (Chelsea), 10 Samuel Alker (Leeds), 11 Jeremy Monga (Swansea City, loan from Manchester City)

Substitutes: 18 Max Little (Southampton) for Alker 45’, 15 Gabriel Sambou (Chelsea) for Sandiford 60’, 16 Reon Smith (West Ham United) for Lawrie 60’, 20 Erik Farkas (Liverpool) for De Lisle 60’, 17 Oliver Boast (Tottenham Hotspur) for Greenwood 60’, 23 Jacob Watson (Manchester United) for Diakite 73’, 12 Riley Ebho (Chelsea) for Barrett 73’, 19 Teddie Lamb (Manchester City) for Noubissie 73’, 14 Kyran Thompson (Newcastle United) for Kavuma-McQueen 73’, 21 Jerome Abbey (Wolverhampton Wanderers) for Monga 73’,

At the weekend it is England v Sweden kick-off 11am GMT, Saturday 14 November.

That followed two days later by Switzerland v England kick-off 3pm GMT, Monday 16 November.

In these get togethers the England Under 18s tend to share the minutes around and so it is very likely that two Newcastle United players will feature against Sweden on Saturday.

An exciting attacking player, Kyran Thompson (pictured at the top of this article) recently turned 17 and has been in brilliant form for the Newcastle United Under 18s and Under 21s. He decided to leave Arsenal and join Newcastle this summer gone.

Also set to start at the weekend is likely to be 16-year-old Newcastle United goalkeeper Roman Dowell, he was an unused sub for the Young Lions today but is making great strides at NUFC. Like Kyran Thompson, Dowell has also been in great form for both the Newcastle United Under 18s and Under 21s this season.

Some great work going on in the younger age levels at Newcastle United, time and resources put into recruiting the best young talent locally and across the UK, as well as from overseas. There are some great young players with real first team potential for the future.