Chile vs England, Football Match Live Score and Updates, FIFA Under 17 World Cup 2017: Chile struggle against England

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017, Chile vs England Match Live Football Score: It is the first match to be played at Salt Lake stadium

It is the third matchday of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup and the game in focus will be Chile vs England. It is the first match to be played this year at the renovated Salt Lake stadium. One can expect a lot of empty seats, it is quite unrealistic to think that fans would fill up the 66,687 capacity stadium for a match between these two sides. What we can expect, though, is a good match. England are filled with attacking prowess with the likes of Jaden Sancho, Angel Gomes and Phil Foden. Thus far, they haven’t indicated any issues with adjusting to the weather on offer in Kolkata, unlike their Chilean counterparts. But Chile are also one of the more unpredictable sides in the tournament and thus the Kolkata crowd could be in for some good football. Catch live scores and updates of the match between England and Chile in FIFA U-17 World Cup.

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017, Chile vs England match live football score: 

69: Big chance for England! Angel Gomes cuts into the box from the right, puts it into the middle and Foden was there but Borquez manages to dive forward and parry the ball away. Sancho takes it away from the touchline and the ball is put into the path of Foden once again. This time he manages the shot by Borquez saves

60′: GOAL! Sancho scores his second and that is thanks to some brilliant work from George McEachran. He snatches the ball away with an interception and charges forward, steps away from one Chilean defender, sidesteps another before sliding into the path of Sancho, woefully unmarked once again. Sancho slots into the bottom left corner of goal

54′: Sancho dances past three Chilean defenders and reaches the box. He then loses the ball and runs back to retrieve but seems to have taken a knock from Martin Lara in the process and goes down. A bit of medical attention and the Borrusia Dortmund starlet is back on his feet.

50′: GOAL! Sancho doubles England’s lead. The first real mistake by Borquez and Chile pay the price. It was a low ball sent into the box from the right wing, not sure who it was meant for, but Borquez dives forward and tries to parry it away. He only takes the sting off the ball and it lies easily for Sancho who was standing free in the box. He just has to put it into the empty net. Sancho has been the best outfield player on the pitch and deserved a goal but Borquez has been brilliant for Chile so far and it is an infortunate error 

45′: Second half starts and England on the attack straight away, Foden sends a hopeful cross into the box from the right midfield area, Borquez punches it out. Chle then take control of the ball but their counter is snuffed out by England.

HALF TIME! Chile 0-1 England. England had another chance just before the half-time whistle as Hudson-Odoi got past the Chilean centre back left side of the goal and took the shot aiming at the far corner, misses the post by some distance. It has been England’s half and Chile do face an uphill struggle, but it also has to be said now that England have had a lot of chances and have been able to make the most of just one. This wastefulness might be something that coach Ric Charlseworth won’t be too happy about.

Meanwhile, New Caledonia 0-6 France. And that is the score at half time. Own goals, defensive lapses, you name it, New Caledonia are guilty of it. Makes one appreciate India’s performance against the United States even more

43′: Jaden Sancho cuts in from left wing and takes the shot just outside the box, brilliant save from Borquez. It seems to be one of those matches in which a 1-0 lead looks like a 3-0 for 4-0. England have been comfortable in defence and have done the bulk of attack.

36′: Chile have a corner, a rare set piece chance for them. Maximiliano Guerrero floates it in and it goes out with a touch of Jonathan Panzo. Another corner, Guerrero takes again, this time Ignacio Mesias meets it with his head and it goes over the cross bar.

32′: Rhian Brewster chases the ball put into the box by the brilliant Sancho, takes the shot first time but Chile goalkeeper Julio Borquez throws himself onto it and holds on to the ball.

19′: Another chance for England. McEachran drove forward and lifted the ball forward to Rhian Brewster, the latter misses the target.

17′: There is little doubt that Jaden Sancho is controlling the proceedings in attack. Chile have been trying to make headways but such is England’s ferocity in attack that they have to track back just as quickly as they build an attack.

15′: England break with Gomes in the front. He decides to go by himself, takes a shot from outside the box, and the shot flies high above the crossbar

5′: GOAL! Callum Hudson-Odoi scores the opener. Jaden Sancho ran with the ball through the middle and spotted Hudson Odoi making a run into the box in front of him, he puts the ball in his path and Hudson Odoi connects well to put it into the goal far side.

0′: So we kick off, England in white, Chile in red.

1630 hrs IST: England’s win in the U-20 World Cup earlier in the year was touted as an announcement. The country has produced a generation of players capable of bringing England back to World Cup reckoning, or at least that was the inference from that win. Now, their juniors start their own campaign and in more difficult conditions than what they had to put up with. Playing football in Kolkata in the month of October, or any time of the year for that matter, means wiping away litres of sweat and drinking lots of water. And these may be for matches that don’t even last 90 minutes. Nowhere in England would these players be facing the heat and humidity that they will in Kolkata. Chile, on the other hand, have been open about the troubles they have been facing with the weather.