England Under-21 Boss Aims for Third Euro Title with Young Lions

England's senior team won five of Carsley's six games as interim boss but some bold moves backfired in the solitary defeat against Greece. He gambled with his team selection and tactics which resulted in 'an unseemly shambles' and a humbling Wembley loss.

Speaking before Sunday's U21 Euros final, Carsley said he learned a lot from the experience and it has shown over the past three weeks in Slovakia, where England began by beating the Czech Republic before drawing with Slovenia and losing to Germany.

'They were poor in the group stage, they struggled and then found their feet,' former England defender Stephen Warnock told BBC Radio 5 Live. 'Lee Carsley tinkered and found the solution. He and his staff masterminded this and they have made the team peak at the right time.'

After knocking out Spain and the Netherlands, England faced Germany again in the final and were superb in the first half, going 2-0 up. Germany fought back and nearly won it at the death, but the Young Lions regrouped to score at the start of extra time as Carsley responded when his team started to be too defensive.

'There's definitely a bit of feel during the game,' he said. 'You feel that you're on the back foot or the players are maybe going a little bit too deep or conceding too much territory. I felt that we were on top in extra time and I felt you just want to give them that belief to go and attack them. Try to score, don't try to hold on. Go for it and if you get caught and lose the game, that's fine.'

According to the source: BBC.