England Under-21s manager Gareth Southgate has picked Jesse Lingard to replace the injured Saido Berahino in the Young Lions' opening match of U21 Euro 2015 against Portugal Under-21s this evening.
Berahino was expected to start on the left of a front three, but was ruled out of the whole tournament earlier today with a knee injury suffered in training.
Lingard takes his place alongside Harry Kane and Nathan Redmond in attack, with Danny Ings having to settle for a place on the bench.
Liverpool defender Tiago Ilori, meanwhile, is included in the Portugal starting lineup.
England: Butland; Jenkinson, Moore, Gibson, Garbutt; Ward-Prowse, Carroll, Chalobah; Redmond, Kane, Lingard
Portugal: Sa; P. Oliveira, Esgaio, Guerreiro, Ilori, S. Oliveira, William, Cavaleiro, Mario, B. Silva, Pereira
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Pascal Lemesre
Spain U21s
