Original text - Engels - Smerecki celebrates first achievement

France coach Francis Smerecki was celebrating "achieving our first objective" after the UEFA European Under-19 Championship hosts kicked off Group A with an emphatic win against the Netherlands, for whom Wim van Zwam could only bemoan a "sloppy" display. England's Noel Blake breathed a sigh of relief after his side got the better of a five-goal thriller against Austria, whose coach Andreas Heraf felt plenty of pride in defeat. UEFA.com hears from the four Group A teams.