Wednesday 20 July 2016 14:56, UK
England Under-19 coach Aidy Boothroyd admits it will be tough to win the Euros, but knows every team, including their semi-final opponents Italy, have their weaknesses.
The young Lions topped their group after beating France, the Netherlands and Croatia and have secured a spot at the 2017 Under-20 World Cup by reaching the semi-final, which takes place on Thursday.
The squad includes the likes of Dominic Solanke, Sheyi Ojo and Ainsley Maitland-Niles and former Watford boss Boothroyd wants his side to be prepared for a tough test.
"When we arrived, we had a one in eight chance and now we have a one in four chance," the head coach told the FA's website.
"But there are three very good teams in the tournament as well as us, so it's going to be tough.
"When you get to this stage of the competition, you're up against the very best so we've got to really make sure that we get rested, reflect on our group games and prepare for the Italians who are always a very difficult team to play against."
The other semi-final features Portugal and France and Boothroyd knows the road to lifting the trophy will be a tough one.
"We didn't want any particular team, I'd have preferred they both lost so we got a bye to the final," laughed Boothroyd.
"At this stage, they're all good teams and they've all got big strengths but have also got weaknesses. We face Italy who we know are a good team as we've played them before in the early qualifying round.
"They're very well organised and have some good players so it will be a difficult game but we wouldn't expect anything else at this stage."
England's spot in the semi-finals was confirmed before their 2-1 victory over Croatia in the final group game despite not being at full strength. Everton defender Callum Connolly withdrew from the squad through injury and Solanke and Tammy Abraham were just one caution away from a suspension.
But Boothroyd was pleased with how his side performed after some nervy moments towards the end of the game that has now allowed all 17 squad players to start a game at the tournament.
"Before the game, the main objective was to avoid injury and cards because we have two players on a yellow," he said.
"As the game wore on and Croatia changed their tactics, I couldn't put my players on because they're on yellow cards or nursing injuries, so we didn't want to get anymore cards or injuries.
"We just had to do what we had to do and hang on in there and the Croatians were fantastic in the second half so we just had to stop them."
The England U19 squad travel to the Carl-Benz Stadium in Mannheim for their semi-final clash with Italy, with kick-off at 11am on Thursday.
