England U21 5-0 Albania U21: Jamal Musiala and Eddie Nketiah impress in thrashing
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Albania goalkeeper Marco Molla had a night to forget at Molineux
Bayern Munich forward Jamal Musiala scored on his first England Under-21s start as they ended a successful European Championship qualifying campaign with a comfortable win.
Musiala, 17, is the youngest goalscorer in Bayern's history and impressed, clipping in after a fine run.
Callum Hudson-Odoi opened the scoring with a low shot and James Justin smashed in a second.
Eddie Nketiah, the U21s' record scorer, scored twice and missed a penalty.
The Arsenal striker now has 16 goals in just 14 appearances at this level.
The 2021 finals will be held in Hungary and Slovenia, with the group stage played out in March and the finals at the start of June so as not to clash with the rescheduled Euro 2020.
England secured qualification on 13 October, with two games to spare, and complete their group having won nine and drawn the other of their 10 matches.
Albania could have qualified as one of the best runners-up but were never in the game, goalkeeper Marco Molla making a mess of Hudson-Odoi's shot for the opener.
Leicester wing-back Justin fired in at the far post before Musiala, who played for Germany at under-16 level, played a one-two with Oliver Skipp and converted.
Molla, having an eventful night, then fumbled in Nketiah's shot, fouled the striker only to save his penalty, and was beaten from long range shortly after by Nketiah for the fifth.