Carlsey dismisses any underdog tag for England

England Under-21 brag Lee Carsley has dismissed immoderate underdog presumption up of the Young Lions' showdown with Spain.

Saturday's Euro 2025 quarter-final successful Trnava, Slovakia is simply a repetition of the 2023 last that England won 1-0 to assistance the European Championship for the archetypal clip since 1984.

This year, defending champions England finished 2nd successful Group B aft Wednesday's 2-1 decision by Germany portion Spain were unbeaten and topped Group A.

"I don't consciousness similar an underdog. If we tin execute and we tin play to our ability, we've got a large accidental of winning the game," Carsley said.

The 51-year-old expects to person a afloat acceptable squad - with each players grooming connected Friday successful Slovakia - arsenic helium looks to adhd much goals to their game.

England person created the 3rd astir chances successful the tourney but person scored the 2nd lowest fig of goals of the teams left.

"I judge Spain are a apical squad and anyone who was with america successful the past fewer Euros knows you person to bushed each of the apical teams," added Carsley.

"Spain are different squad I've got a batch of respect for, the last we had a mates of years agone was truthful close. It could person gone either way. We scored a fortunate extremity and played OK successful the crippled but there's decidedly a batch much to travel from america if we're going to progress.

"Obviously the astir hard happening is to people a extremity and possibly we conscionable request that small spot of luck, we request a scruffy one.

"The main happening is we support creating the chances, we support moving to the areas, we person that content that it's going to driblet and I deliberation we tin bash that."