England’s resilience could take them deep in this U-20 World Cup

The Young Lionesses scraped through to the Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup knockout rounds thanks to a fair play tiebreaker, but Lydia Bedford’s side have plenty more to give.

England have progressed to the knockout stage with a win, a draw and one defeat. Credit: Getty Images

After all the noise around this year’s U-20 Women’s World Cup, English football’s brightest young stars have finally been able to do what they came to do: play football.

After a tough group stage England will now face Nigeria in the first knockout round o…