Evening Standard
·10 de noviembre de 2025
Spurs news: Tottenham wonderkid Luca Williams-Barnett shines as England book U17 World Cup knockout place

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·10 de noviembre de 2025

The wonderkid now has an assist to add tho his brace in the 8-1 thrashing of Haiti
Tottenham teenager Luca Williams-Barnett shone again as England booked their place in the knockout stages of the U17 World Cup.
The 17-year-old started in the 3-0 win over Egypt and provided a brilliant assist for Reigan Heskey's second goal of the match.
Williams-Barnett collected the ball on the edge of his own box from a free-kick, flicked it past a defender and drove into the space that opened up for him.
He then played a great pass through to Heskey, who ran in on goal and cooly slotted past the goalkeeper for his second of the match.
Seven minutes later, Williams-Barnett was played in behind after a clever one-two and was brought down, winning a penalty for the Young Lions.
However, Heskey was unable to complete his hat-trick as he missed from the spot.
Williams-Barnett was on the bench for England's tournament opener against Venezuela, when they fell to a 3-0 defeat.
The Spurs youngster came into the starting lineup for the 8-1 win over Haiti and scored twice.
After opening the scoring inside a minute, Williams-Barnett added his second later in the match with some sublime footwork, skipping past the challenges in the box and finishing well.
He will hope he has done enough to keep his place in the side heading into the knockout stages.
England have qualified for the round-of-32 after finishing second in Group E behind Venezuela.
The top two in each of the 12 groups go through along with the eight best third-placed teams.
At the end of the group stage, the 32 teams to progress are seeded depending on how they qualified, with it intended that the group winner with the best record faces the easiest opponent.
That will be the eight best third-placed team, with the second best group winner taking on the seventh best third-placed team and so on.









































