Fulham’s under-18s were held to a goalless draw by Millwall in their final pre-season friendly at a scorching Motspur Park this afternoon.
The young Whites struggled to make much of an impact in the first half, with Ollie Mayer tipping over a Millwall effort that looked set to nestle in the corner. The Lions went close with another effort that flew fractionally wide from the edge of the box. William Sutton-Bangura had a shot bravely blocked at source before Tarrell Cavell had a goal correctly ruled out for offside right on half-time after Logan Cooke had mistimed his run from Marcus Hall’s free-kick.
Ali Melloul’s men were much more fluent in the second period as they rung the changes. Dylan De-Gale’s left-footed effort didn’t have quite enough bend on it to open the scoring and Quinn Schutter slammed a shot over the bar. Kayden Sessegnon, the 15 year-old nephew of Ryan and Steven, made his first under-18s appearance from the bench and led the line with the intelligence that has characterised his England age-group appearances but Fulham couldn’t force a winner.
Schutter had the best chance with time ticking away but was thwarted by the Millwall goalkeeper after the visitors had failed to deal with Hall’s free-kick. The under-18s kick off their league campaign at Leicester City next Saturday lunchtime.
FULHAM UNDER 18s (4-2-3-1): Mayer (Cech 45); Oluyemmi, Hall, Cooke (Faux 60), Cliff (Schutter 60); Khan, Gomins (Trialist A 60); Cavell, Evans (De-Gale 45), Sutton-Bangura (Trialist B 60); Lubega (K. Sessegnon 60).
