Emile Smith Rowe and Jacob Ramsey secured England Under-21s first win in the opening game of a tournament since 2009 as the Young Lions saw off Czech Republic 2-0.
The U21s have qualified for the last nine tournaments, but have struggled at the business end, despite a perfect qualifying record.
They’ve only got out of the group stage once in the last six finals, in 2017, but are now well placed to move to the quarter finals ahead of games against Israel on Sunday and Germany next week.