The Villa Academy

🟢 Cole Brannigan made his Northern Ireland U21 debut as a late sub as two late Germany goals meant home defeat.

Calum Moreland was involved as the second of Northern Ireland U19’s friendlies in this break ended in a 2-2 draw with Switzerland.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Thierry Katsukunya was a late sub for Wales U21 as they completed a 2-0 Euro Qualification win over Austria.

Lennon Moss played the first 64 minutes of Wales U17’s 1-1 draw with Italy. The two sides play again on Thursday.

🌍 More international action on the way!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Thierry Katsukunya (Austria U21 vs Wales U21, 5:00pm), Lennon Moss (Italy U17 vs Wales U17, 2:00pm)
🟢 Cole Brannigan (Northern Ireland U21 vs Germany U21, 5:30pm), Calum Moreland (Switzerland U19 vs Northern Ireland U19, 5:00pm)

🌍 One international match to look out for today:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Aidan Borland, Fletcher Boyd (Italy U19 vs Scotland U19, 10:00am.

🏆 Congratulations to our U16 side who qualified for the Premier League National Tournament Finals following a penalty shootout victory over Chelsea which followed Group Stage wins over Brighton and Ipswich.

Finals take place in the first week November at St George’s Park. 👏

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brad Burrowes played the first hour of England U18’s 2-2 draw with France. Owen Asemota sat the game out after having started Thursday’s win over the same opponets.

🇮🇪 Alfie Lynskey was part of the Ireland U19 squad which finished their double-header of friendlies with Albania by scoring a last minute equaliser to draw 2-2.

More international action to follow on your Sunday:

🇮🇪 Alfie Lynskey (Albania U19 vs Ireland U19, 10:00am)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Owen Asemota, Brad Burrowes (England U18 vs France U18, 2:00pm)

🟢 Calum Moreland was involved from the bench as Northern Ireland suffered a 4-0 friendly defeat by USA.

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Vamos, Yeimar! 👏

🇨🇴 Yeimar Mosquera completed the 90 as Colombia came through a dramatic and memorable U20 World Cup Quarter Final, beating Spain 3-2 thanks to a special Neyser Villarreal hat-trick.

Colombia will now face Mexico or Argentina in the Semi Finals!

Neyser Villarreal. Wow. 🇨🇴

🔴 Hamilton 1-2 Annan

Ewan Simpon missed Hamilton’s Scottish Challenge Cup defeat by Anna as his injury recovery continues.

🔵 Chorley 3-3 Oxford City

90 minutes for Sam Lewis but Oxford fell just short of an impressive away win, conceding in the last minute to make it only a point on their travels.

🔴 Crewe 0-1 Bromley

90 minutes for Tommi O’Reilly but it was a home defeat for the Railwaymen.

🔴 Exeter 1-1 Reading

Sil Swinkels’ injury absence continued as he missed Exeter’s draw with the Royals.

A reduced 3pm schedule to come on Loan Watch. 🔎

A huge one in Chile coming up as part of today’s International action:

🟢 Calum Moreland (USA U19 vs Northern Ireland U19, kick off 2:00pm)
🇨🇴 Yeimar Mosquera (Spain U20 vs Colombia U20, U20 World Cup Quarter Final, kick off 9:00pm)

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Thierry Katsukunya wasn’t part of the Wales U21 matchday party which suffered an emphatic 7-0 defeat to Belgium.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Aidan Borland and Fletcher Boyd were both started as Scotland U19 drew 1-1 with Italy in the first of a friendly double header.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamal Jimoh was a second half substitute as England U20 suffered 1-0 friendly defeat to Switzerland.

🇮🇪 Alfie Lynskey played 79 minutes as Ireland U19 were beaten 2-1 by Albania.

More International action on the way:

🇮🇪 Alfie Lynskey (Albania U19 vs Ireland U19, 10:00am)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamal Jimoh (England U20 vs Switzerland U20, 12:00pm)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Aidan Borland, Fletcher Boyd (Italy U19 vs Scotland U19, 3:30pm)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Thierry Katsukunya (Wales U21 vs Belgium U21, 6:00pm)

🇿🇲 Congratulations to Academy striker Kachinga Siame who has been selected in the provisional Zambia squad for the upcoming U17 World Cup!

🟢 Cole Brannigan was made to wait for his Northern Ireland U21 debut as his side made easy work of Malta, picking up a 2-0 Euro Qualification win.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Owen Asemota played the first 63 minutes and Brad Burrowes was introduced for the final 27 as England U18 scored in second half stoppage time to defeat France 1-0 in a friendly.

The two sides face eachother again at St George's Park on Sunday.

International action coming up today:

🟢 Cole Brannigan (Northern Ireland U21 vs Malta U21, 7:45pm)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Owen Asemota, Brad Burrowes (England U18 vs France U18, 6:00pm)

🇨🇴 90 minutes and U20 World Cup progress for Yeimar Mosquera in Colombia’s 3-1 victory over South Africa.

The win books a Quarter Final date with Spain on Saturday, kick off 9:00pm UK.

Vamos, Yeimar! 👊

🇨🇴 Just over two hours until Yeimar Mosquera and Colombia attempt to secure a place in the U20 World Cup Quarter Finals against South Africa.

You’ll be able to watch live on Fifa+ when the action gets underway at 8:30pm UK.

🇦🇱 Fixture dates for our UEFA Youth League tie against Skenderbeu have been confirmed.

We’ll travel to Albania for the away leg on Tuesday 21st October, kick off 3:00pm before hosting the return leg at Bodymoor Heath on Wednesday 5th November, kick off 1:00pm.