Rico Lewis scored a last-gasp penalty as England Underneath-21s laboured to a 1-1 draw in opposition to Andorra of their European Championship qualifier on the Estadi Naciona.
Lee Carsley’s facet had been pissed off within the reverse fixture at Delight Park again in October the place they edged a 1-0 victory and the Andorrans triggered extra issues right here as England dropped factors for the primary time in qualifying.
The Younger Lions conceded for the primary time of their opening six matches when Gerard Sola gave the hosts a shock lead, seven minutes after the break.
The European champions had been staring down the barrel of a primary defeat because the Euros final June till Lewis scored a late penalty to rescue a degree.
It was the underdog hosts who posed the primary menace when Sola determined to have a crack from vary which had England goalkeeper James Beadle scrambling however the ball flew huge.
England didn’t get into their groove within the first 45 minutes and had been removed from their greatest as Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly each tried their luck from vary however failed to search out the goal.
The away facet had been then punished for a lacklustre efficiency as Andorra shocked them after 52 minutes, Sola poking his effort previous a helpless Beadle from Yedid Santaella’s cross.
England aimed for a method again and it took till the 68th minute to register a primary shot heading in the right direction, which got here from Jobe Bellingham’s speculative effort that was simply gathered by Marc de Castro.
The guests lastly started to push Andorra deeper and had been supplied a lifeline from the penalty spot when Ian Olivera introduced down Bellingham contained in the field.
England breathed a sigh of reduction when Lewis fired the ensuing spot-kick dwelling to keep away from an embarrassing defeat.
The guests ought to have nicked it on the loss of life however Tyler Dibling aimed his shot straight at De Castro.
