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Venezuela vs England U20 World Cup final as it happened: Dominic Calvert-Lewin's goal wins the World Cup

Follow all of the action as it happened from the Under-20 World Cup final at the Suwon World Cup Stadium

Luke Brown
Sunday 11 June 2017 09:04 BST
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England celebrate winning the U20 World Cup
England celebrate winning the U20 World Cup (Getty)

England will play Venezuela in the Under-20 World Cup final on Sunday, their first 'World Cup final' of any sort since 1966.

Paul Simpson’s side reached the Suwon final thanks to goals from Dominic Solanke and Ademola Lookman after an impressive 3-1 victory over Italy on Thursday.

Follow all of the action with our live blog below:

When is it?

The match will be played at 11am BST on Sunday 11 June.

Where can I watch it?

It will be shown live on British Eurosport 2.

If you cannot watch it, you can follow live coverage on The Independent’s live blog, which will appear in this article.

Player to watch

Sergio Cordova: Venezuela's top scorer and danger man, the Caracas forward has netted four goals in this tournament so far.

It’s a big game for…

Dominic Solanke: The England striker has made headlines in recent weeks, what with his switch from Chelsea to Liverpool, and he will hope to make a few more on Sunday.

His brace against Italy was well taken and leaves him with a decent opportunity of finishing as the tournament's top scorer.

Prediction

Form

Venezuela U20: WWWWW

England U20: WWWWD

Odds

Provided by 888.com

Venezuela U20 to win the trophy: 13/10

England U20 to win the trophy: 8/13

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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the U20 World Cup final between England and Venezuela.

Kick-off is at 11am so stick with us in the meantime for all the build-up to England's first World Cup final at a major football tournament since 1966.

Vithushan Ehantharajah11 June 2017 10:17
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The England line-up is out...

Vithushan Ehantharajah11 June 2017 10:27
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A good luck message from Wils...

Vithushan Ehantharajah11 June 2017 10:49
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Here come the two teams!

And a quick reminder of how our two finalists will line-up this morning...

Venezuela U20: Farinez, Ronald Hernandez, Jose Hernandez, Ferraresi, Velasquez, Lucena, Herrera, Cordova, Chacon, Penaranda, Pena.

Subs: Quero, Makoun, Soteldo, Graterol, Hurtado, Garcia, Sosa, Mejias, Ruiz, Sanchez.

England U20: Woodman, Kenny, Tomori, Clarke-Salter, Walker-Peters, Cook, Onomah, Dowell, Solanke, Lookman, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Connolly, Maitland-Niles, Armstrong, Konsa, Henderson, Fry, Chapman, Ojo, Ejaria, Southwood.

Vithushan Ehantharajah11 June 2017 10:55
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Good to hear the young England lads belting out the national anthem with some gusto. They clap hands with their Venezuelan youngsters and it's almost time for kick-off!

Vithushan Ehantharajah11 June 2017 10:58
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And we have kick-off!

Vithushan Ehantharajah11 June 2017 11:02
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3 mins: A bright start from Venezuela. They twice attack down the left and give Walker-Peters something to think about, but the young Spurs full-back defends well.

England looking to attack on the counter-attack but they've seen little of the ball so far. 

Vithushan Ehantharajah11 June 2017 11:03
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5 mins: England's first attack sees Solanke springing forward into the final third of the pitch. He makes his way to the edge of the box where he attempts to draw the foul. He goes down, but the referee is unmoved and waves play on.

Nice turn of pace from Solanke, though. 

Vithushan Ehantharajah11 June 2017 11:06
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7 mins: Lookman has started the game very well. He's drifting into pockets of space and impressing with the ball at feet, and finds Solanke with a low pass, lurking unmarked on the wing.

Solanke cuts inside and lays off Walker-Peters, who is bundled off the ball. But again, the ref is unmoved. 

Vithushan Ehantharajah11 June 2017 11:07

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