Midfielder Andre Dozzell skippered and striker Ben Morris won his first cap as the England U17s drew 1-1 with hosts Portugal in their opening game at the Torneio Internacional do Algarve this afternoon. The third Town player in the squad, keeper Nick Hayes, was an unused sub.

The Portuguese went ahead early on through Miguel Luis but Tottenham’s Samuel Shashoua hit back a minute after the break.

Hayes

Dozzell, son of former Blue and current academy coach Jason, has now won seven caps at U17 level, while keeper Hayes has won two. Morris's cap was his first at any level.

The England youngsters next face Germany on Sunday and then Holland on Tuesday.

Morris

England U17s: Jared Thompson (Chelsea), Japhet Tanganga (Tottenham Hotspur) (Simranjit Thandi (Leicester City) 47), Edward Francis (Manchester City) (Josh Tymon (Hull City) 80), Tolaja Bola (Tottenham Hotspur), Jaden Brown (Tottenham Hotspur), Jonathan Leko (West Bromwich Albion), Andre Dozzell (Ipswich Town) (c), Dennis Adeniran (Fulham), Rahis Nabi (West Bromwich Albion) (Elliot Embleton (Sunderland) 74), Samuel Shashoua (Tottenham Hotspur) (Mackenzie Heaney (Newcastle United) 80), Ben Morris (Ipswich Town) (George Hirst (Sheffield Wednesday) 74). Unused: Hayes (Ipswich Town), George Tanner (Manchester United), Joshua Bohui (Brentford), Adam Parkes (Southampton).

Buzzing to make my England u17s debut against Portugal today!

— Ben Morris (@BenMorris99) February 5, 2016

Our Under-17s drew 1-1 with Portugal in their first game of the Algarve Tournament today: https://t.co/sNJDoK0o6k pic.twitter.com/e5MOBajQNU– England (@england) February 5, 2016

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Ipswichbusiness added 18:56 - Feb 5 Any chance of any of them getting an outing with the first team? I know; daft question.
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Hugoagogo added 21:14 - Feb 5 Really good to see the Academy producing young Internationals again. Oh, sorry, a positive comment... I must have got lost...
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algarvefan added 22:26 - Feb 5 A good show by both players but for me Ben Morris stood out often as a lone striker, very quick off the shoulder of the last defender and worked his socks off!! Well done to both
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grumpyoldman added 08:38 - Feb 6 Remember when the whole first team were internationals apart from the goalie, those real were the days!
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WhoisJimmyJuan added 13:11 - Feb 6 But one glimmer is that very few of this squad are from clubs outside of the Premiership if you look. And we have three. Can only hope this is a sign of better days ahead and a return to a thriving academy.
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WhoisJimmyJuan added 13:11 - Feb 6 But one glimmer is that very few of this squad are from clubs outside of the Premiership if you look. And we have three. Can only hope this is a sign of better days ahead and a return to a thriving academy.
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