Solanke Scores, Lookman & Onomah Start For England U20; Iyoha, Ohis Play For Germany U20
Catch up on how players of Nigerian descent fared in international matches on Thursday, March 23.<br /><br /><b>Ademola Lookman </b>(Everton), <b>Josh Onomah</b> (Tottenham Hotspur) and <b>Dominic Solanke</b> (Chelsea) were included in the starting line-up was England U20s were held to a 2-2 draw by Portugal in a Four Nations Tournament taking place in France.<br /><br />Solanke opened the scoring for the Young Lions when he converted a spot kick in the 22nd minute, and the striker put in a full shift.<br /><br />Onomah and Lookman were replaced in the 55th and 74th minute respectively, while Chelsea loanee<b> Fikayo Tomori </b>came off the bench in the closing minutes. <br /><br />Tottenham Hotspur defender <b>Timothy Eyoma</b> was a non-playing substitute as England U17s got their elite qualifying round campaign off to a winning start after beating Czech Republic 5-3.<br /><br /><b>Joseph Mbong</b> started and played 65 minutes of Malta<span class=\"\\"body1\\"\"></span><span class=\"\\"body1\\"\"><span class=\"\\"body1\\"\">’s heavy 5-0 loss to </span></span><span>Luxembourg U21s in a friendly in Kehlen. Teammate <b>Kyrian Nwoko</b> was substituted with 17 minutes remaining. <br /><br />Fortuna Düsseldorf striker <b>Emmanuel Iyoha</b> was an 81st minute substitute as Germany U20s beat Switzerland 1-0 in a friendly, 1860 Munich midfielder <b>Ohis Felix Uduokhai</b> was introduced in the 90th minute <br /><br />Hertha BSC defender <b>Jordan Torunarigha</b> was not involved, though he has been called up for the friendlies with Switzerland. <br /><br />Igho Kingsley <br /><br />Photo Credit : dfb.de<br /></span>
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