FIFA Under-17 World Cup: England beat Spain 5-2 to become world champions

England became World Champions on Saturday by defeating Spain 5-2 in the grand finale of FIFA Under-17 World Cup at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.

England have now done a FIFA double in the same year, having won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in June.

It was a sweet revenge as England lost to La Rojas juniors in the U-17 European Championship, earlier this year.

It was a night to remember at the Salt Lake Stadium as England came back from a two-goal deficit to pump in five in-front of a capacity crowd of 66,000 plus.

This was after Spain went ahead 2-0 at the stroke of half an hour with striker Sergio Gomez bang on target.

If the first was a back-heel capitalising on a defensive lapse, the second was an inch perfect left-footed angular volley.

"I am just so proud, we were 2-0 down and we played our way out, we didn’t stop, stuck to our style – and that’s the way to do it," England coach Steve Cooper told BBC.

It's all over – we are the #FIFAU17WC champions! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/lS8Cjr6cjn

— England (@England) October 28, 2017

However, England’s goal-machine Rhian Brewster’s powerful header in the 44^th minute saw his team go into half-time down by two goals to one. Brewster won the ‘Golden Boot’ with 8 goals to his credit.

However, things changed differently in the second half as Morgan Gibbs White tapped home an inch-perfect cross to make it 2-2.

Phil Foden then found the target in the 69^th minute and the winners literally sealed the issue in the 84^th minute with the fourth goal scored by Marc Guehi.

The Young Lions were not over as Fodden rounded off the tally in the 88^th minute.

Meanwhile Brazil bagged  the third place after winning the third /fourth place playoff against Mali.

(With PTI Inputs)