Garner in the goals
Friday, May 6, 2005
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England's Joe Garner is the leading scorer in the Under-17 championship finals after three goals in two matches.
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Two against Turkey
The Blackburn Rovers FC forward had already come off the bench to convert a penalty in the 4-0 Matchday 1 win against Belarus when he dragged his team back from 2-0 down against Turkey, although England eventually lost 3-2.
Every nation represented
Garner's team-mate Hogan Ephraim scored twice versus Belarus, and is one of three players in the tournament with more than one goal, along with Turkey's Tevfik Köse and Croatia's Damir Vidovic, who both struck twice in victories on Thursday. In all 19 different players have scored a total of 24 in the tournament, including one own goal, with all eight competing nations represented.
Top scorers after Matchday 2:
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