article_snippet: England under 19s made the perfect start to Group winners European Championship qualifying campaign as Group winners twice came from behind to beat Denmark 3-2 on Thursday night.
article_snippet: England are in an Elite Round mini-group with Denmark, Azerbaijan and France as Azerbaijan and France bid to reach the Under 19 European Championship finals in Greece in July.
article_snippet: Manchester City's Ashley Smith-Brown scored the winner as England's under 19s beat Denmark .
article_snippet: England England started with a positive result in Bayeux, northern France and England did in a topsy-turvy game that saw both sides finish with 10 men.
article_snippet: Having scored 15 goals in three matches against Belgium, Luxembourg and Belarus to breeze through the preliminary qualifying phase, England knew this week's fixture would represent a step up in quality.
article_snippet: And they were rocked when Denmark took the lead just six minutes in - after the England defence failed to deal with a long throw-in, Ingvartsen was there to poke the ball home at the back post.
article_snippet: England responded by seizing control of possession, but England was the half-hour mark before they equalised.
article_snippet: Given their dominance, it was frustrating that Denmark took the lead again four minutes before half-time.
article_snippet: To their credit, England responded immediately and England was 2-2 at the pause.
article_snippet: After the excitement of the opening 45 minutes, the game entered a lull after the break before exploding to life again in the decisive final 10 minutes.
article_snippet: the game ended with England's Harry Winks receiving a second yellow card and Denmark's Jeppe Hansen also dismissed for a bad tackle on Charlie Colkett.
article_snippet: England's second qualifier is against Azerbaijan on Saturday.
article_snippet: England (4-3-3): Angus Gunn (Manchester City); Ashley Smith-Brown (Manchester City), Ben Chilwell (Leicester City), Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur), Brendan Galloway (Everton); Joe Gomez (Charlton Athletic), Patrick Roberts (Fulham), Ruben Loftus-Cheek
highlights_snippet: England claimed crucial win in first European Championship qualifier .
  
highlights_snippet: England twice fell behind to Denmark but rallied to win match 3-2 .
  