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Watch: England U-19s pull off stunning four-goal comeback to draw with Germany
England pulled off a sensational four-goal second-half comeback to draw 5-5 with Germany at the Under-19 European Championship in Bucharest in the highest-scoring game in the tournament's history.
Barcelona's Noah Darvic opened the scoring for Germany in the Group B fixture after just seven minutes at the Stadionul Arcul de Triumf and the ever-lively Said El Mala grabbed the first of his two goals with just over half-an-hour played as England seemed to wilt in the stifling heat in Romania.
Fulham midfielder Joshua King's 35th-minute goal – firing in from 12 yards out after a Jayden Meghoma cross – had briefly made it 2-1 before their opponents scored three times in six minutes either side of the interval through Max Moerstedt, Leopold Wurm and El Mala to make it 5-1.
But the 2022 champions were a side transformed in the second half. They sparked into life when Manchester United's Ethan Wheatley began the comeback in the 52nd minute, forcing the ball home after Germany goalkeeper Konstantin Heide mishandled a header from Nottingham Forest's Zach Abbott.
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny made it 5-3 three minutes later and the belief seemed to spread through the whole of Will Antwi's side.
The incredible comeback was sealed by a further two goals in three minutes – Abbott heading in from a corner on the hour mark and Crystal Palace's Jesse Derry, son of former Eagles captain Shaun, levelling the scores after Heide had again spilt the ball, this time from a Kaden Young cross.
