England U21s vs Spain U21s LIVE: Tensions boil over after Young Lions book place in Euros semi-final

Next up for the Young Lions: it’s the Netherlands, in Bratislava, on Wednesday.

A European Championship semi-final awaits. England’s title defence is still very much alive.

See you then!

"I don't know [what happened],” he said. “It was always going to happen because of the passion from both teams.

“It is one of those where I was trying to calm everyone down. End of the day, we have got everything to lose. They don't. We can't lose players for the semi-final."

“We talked about getting a fast start and to give a penalty away after a minute,” Carsley said. “The lads showed a lot of character.

“First half we were so good. I said before the longer the game went on the more fluid we will become.

“We talk about attacking so much you forget the other side of the game and I felt the whole back four and goalkeeper were excellent defending the box.

“Jay [Stansfield] has been outstanding all camp, I talk about managing minutes because a game every three days is a big ask. With our situation in the group we could not rest players, which is the reason Elliott [Anderson] could not start. He’ll be big for us in the semi-final.

“This can’t be our final, this can’t be our highlight of the competition, there are better nights to come.”

England booked their place in the European U21 Championship semi-finals with a 3-1 victory over Spain in Slovakia.

The Young Lions, who next face the Netherlands, benefited from an early let-off after a VAR check resulted in an overturned penalty.

Captain James McAtee opened the scoring in the 10th minute and Harvey Elliott netted his second goal of the tournament five minutes later.

Javi Guerra clawed a goal back for Spain with a 39th-minute penalty, but substitute Elliot Anderson's own spot-kick in second-half stoppage time assured Lee Carsley's men of their spot in the final four.

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"It's incredible,” Elliott said. “I am lost for words. We knew it was going to be very tough.

“The were going to play an incredible game against us. But the way the lads handled the pressure even after conceding the goal, we deserved it so much. It's time to celebrate but we need to start thinking of the semi-finals tonight.

"There was a major difference form start to finish. We were compact. We were a team. We fought together. We didn't give up. We trusted in our ability.

“The football was just incredible. We need to take a lot of things from this game to the next."

No wonder Spain lost their heads at full-time... must have touched a nerve.

“It wasn’t good enough [the group stages],” James McAtee said.

“We knew we had to step it up and from the start you saw that, we started on fire. The boys are delighted, over the moon with the win.

“You know what it is like now, it is all about stats, so I’m trying to add goals.”

Spain's Rafa Marin was shown a red card after the final whistle as chaos broke out between the two sets of players.

England's James McAtee also picked up a booking.