Blues forward Omari Hutchinson helped England’s U21s to a 3-1 victory over Czechia in their opening group game at the European Championship in Slovakia.

Hutchinson started on the left and made a bright start, sending in an early cross and then forcing the Czech keeper to push his shot from the edge of the box over.

The 21-year-old was involved in the build-up to the first goal six minutes before the break, which was scored by Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott.

Hutchinson, who was winning his fifth U21s cap, continued to be a danger, seeing a couple of second-half shots blocked before he was replaced in the 77th minute with Jonathan Rowe (Marseille) having added to the Young Lions’ lead and Daniel Fila (Venezia) pulling one back for the Czechs and Charlie Cresswell (Toulouse) securing the lead for Lee Carsley’s side.

The England youngsters next take on Slovenia on Sunday and Germany next Wednesday before the competition goes into its knockout phase.

Former Blues striker Liam Delap is not in the squad with his new club Chelsea understood to have come to an agreement with the FA which saw him withdrawn from the competition in favour of the Club World Cup in the US.

Town forward Jaden Philogene would have been in the squad but for the knee injury he suffered with the Blues in April.

Photo: IMAGO/Branislav Racko via Reuters Connect

RegencyBlue added 22:09 - Jun 12 Decent performance by Omari tonight.
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ronnyd added 22:49 - Jun 12 Yes, he played very well in attack and winning the ball back too.
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 06:31 - Jun 13 I hope Tuchel and the England squad were watching this U21 performance, which was so much quicker, snappier, and direct than they managed against Senegal. Hutch played well. Hope the vultures stay away.
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Marinersnose added 07:37 - Jun 13 Hutch was excellent, very clever in possession and excellent movement off the ball. He looked one of the better players at certainly PL quality. He’s still developing but we have to keep this lad. U21 team looked far better than the senior team. Quicker with the ball and played out well from the back.
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Linkboy13 added 10:57 - Jun 13 Don't think there's much chance of Hutch being with us next season vultures or not he will want to play in the Premier league to further his development.
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Linkboy13 added 10:58 - Jun 13 Don't think there's much chance of Hutch being with us next season vultures or not he will want to play in the Premier league to further his development.
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