GARETH SOUTHGATE is targeting his second successive European Championship final as England prepare to face Netherlands on Wednesday.
The Three Lions scraped through a quarter-final meeting with Switzerland at the weekend.
Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka, Ivan Toney and Trent Alexander-Arnold fired England to a 5-3 win on penalties following a 1-1 draw in Dusseldorf.
But now Southgate and Co face their biggest challenge of the tournament so far - a semi-final clash with Netherlands.
England can go into the match with some confidence having reached the last European Championship final three years ago.
Meanwhile, Oranje have already surpassed 2021's round-of-16 exit.
Netherlands suffered a shock Euro 2020 exit at the hands of Czech Republic, but bounced back the following year to go one step further at the World Cup in Qatar.
England also reached the quarter-finals in 2022 before being knocked out by France.
Should the Three Lions beat Ronald Koeman's team on Wednesday, they will face either France or Spain in the Euro 2024 final.
France have enjoyed a fantastic run of results at major tournaments in recent years.
Les Bleus narrowly missed out on the World Cup title in 2022 after losing to Argentina on penalties in the final.
But they became world champions four years earlier in Russia.
That was followed by a shock Euro 2020 last-16 defeat to Switzerland on penalties.
Meanwhile, Spain last reached a major tournament final in 2012 - when they beat Italy 4-0 at the European Championship in Ukraine.
Over the last six years they have reached the round-of-16 at two World Cups.
La Roja also got to the semi-finals of Euro 2020 but lost out to eventual champions Italy.
However, this time around they have arguably been the strongest team of the tournament .
Spain are the only team left to have won every match so far.
They have also beat some heavyweights along the way, including Croatia, Italy and Germany.
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