England 5-0 Czech Republic: Hudson-Odoi breaks record

Callum Hudson-Odoi broke a 64-year-old record and became the youngest player to make his England debut in a competitive game when he triumphed in the Three Lions' 5-0 victory over the Czech republic.

The youngster replaced Raheem Sterling after 70 minutes and won his first international selection at the age of 18 and 135 days, beating the record set by former Manchester United striker Duncan Edwards.

Edwards was 48 days older than Hudson-Odoi when he made his Three Lions debut in a draw between the British Home Championship and Scotland in April 1955.

The Chelsea winger also had a positive impact, his late goal being sealed by goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka on the trajectory of Tomas Kalas, who inadvertently deflected into his own net to complete the goal.

The arrival of Hudson-Odoi allowed England to end the match with two 18-year-old players. Jodan Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) made his first start in competition.

This is the first time England has two players aged 18 or under in an international match for 138 years, after a meeting with Wales on February 26, 1881.

Hudson-Odoi was originally named dup in the under-21 England team, but was promoted to senior rank after the team was hit by several withdrawals.

Despite not having started a Premier League game for Chelsea, his long-term future at Stamford Bridge is uncertain.

Goal revealed that it had been the subject of an offer from Bayern Munich last January, worth £ 35 million ($ 46 million). Hudson-Odoi would have been eager to move to Germany.

Chelsea rejected the offer and insisted that he wished to keep the player in West London, but no new contract was concluded and the discussions on the transfer were over. continuing.

Meanwhile, Manchester City Sterling winger became the first English player to score a hat trick at Wembley for nine years, scoring his first three shots on goal.

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Sterling converted the Sancho center into opening match in the first period, before two goals in six minutes of second complete this hat-trick, the first of a Three Lions player at Wembley since Jermain Defoe against Bulgaria in September 2010.

Harry Kane 's penalty in the first period completed the score at Wembley, while England started the qualifying campaign for Euro 2020 perfectly.

The Southgate team will play Monday against Montenegro in Podgorica.