England, beaten finalists in 2009, made a winning start to the 2010 Uefa Under-19 championship, defeating Austria in Flers, Normandy. A victory over the Netherlands in their second Group A match on Wednesday should be enough to take them into the semi-finals. Noel Blake's youngsters took a two-goal lead inside the opening 29 minutes, both goals scored by the West Ham striker, Frank Nouble, and were always in front. Yet, tiring in the second half, they conceded long periods of possession to the Austrians, who scored twice and almost snatched a point in the closing stages.

Fabio Capello, the England manager, looks to have survived the latest controversy over his ill-advised Capello Index after the website published damning assessments of his players' World Cup performances.

So how successful was it?