What a tournament for the England U19s women’s team. Four wins and a draw in five matches and a goals column of 12 for, 0 against, it sounds like perfect defending to me. England swept all before them in the UEFA U-19 Women’s European Championship in Belarus and saw off Sweden in the final with two goals in the space of four minutes midway through the first half from Toni Duggan and Jordan Nobbs.

It was England’s first ever title for a women’s youth team.

With that kind of defending perhaps Manchester City were barking up the wrong tree when they tried to get John Terry. Maybe they should have looked elsewhere!

But seriously you have to have a pretty good defensive set up to have a tournament like that.
Mo Marley is the Head Coach of England U19s and also Everton Ladies.

She became only the second woman in England – behind Hope Powell – to gain the UEFA Pro Licence when she qualified in 2008.

She is an inspiration to all coaches out there who are starting out in a career in coaching.

Here’s a clip of the England U19 youth team winning the cup.