England colts crowned champs

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England brought the FIFA Under-17 World Cup curtains down on a spectacular note with a magnificent come-from-behind 5-2 win while dethroning champions Spain in front of a packed Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium here on Saturday.

Kolkata: England brought the FIFA Under-17 World Cup curtains down on a spectacular note with a magnificent come-from-behind 5-2 win while dethroning champions Spain in front of a packed Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium here on Saturday.

It was sweet revenge for England, which is now all set to rule the junior football world. The exhilaration was more as they were trailing 0-2 after the Spaniards had shot to a comfortable lead, thanks to a scintillating race by Sergio Gomez.

Thereafter, it was an English show all along as they kept scoring at regular intervals to script one of the most memorable World Cup triumphs in recent history. Incidentally, with a record 66,684 attendance for summit clash, India, as the host, entered the record books for the most watched Under-17 extravaganza.

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