Jude Soonsup-Bell joined in on the international action on Thursday as the Chelsea youngster grabbed a goal for England’s U-19s side.
The Young lions defeated Italy 2-0 at St George’s Park yesterday afternoon.
Strikes from Soonsup-Bell and Tottenham Hotspurs’ Dane Scarlett sealed some revenge for the European Championship final loss.
Chelsea’s academy starlet is now off the mark for the season, having already made two appearances for the U-23s.
He is continuing his fine form from the previous campaign, where he scored 19 times in 27 matches.
His performances earned him a call-up to first-team training, but even more poignantly, a first professional contract, keeping him a Blue until 2023.
Soonsup-Bell was one of the few academy starlets who decided to remain at Chelsea over the summer, having watched several of his former teammates flee the nest.
Chelsea across the continent
The teenager will be one day hoping to call some of Thomas Tuchel’s squad his colleague, many of whom were in action as well last night.
Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku were both on target for their respective countries.
Werner netted in Germany’s 2-0 victory over Liechtenstein in his first fixture under new coach, Hansi Flick.
That was his first for club or country since scoring against Latvia at the beginning of June.
Lukaku meanwhile has had no trouble finding the back of the net recently.
It was double trouble for the Belgian striker on Thursday, as he bagged a brace in a 5-2 romping of Estonia.
Across the continent, Mason Mount provided the assist for England’s second away to Hungary.
Jorginho and Emerson Palmieri’s Italy drew 1-1 with Bulgaria, whilst Cesar Azpilicueta couldn’t prevent Spain from losing to Sweden.
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