Calvert-Lewin urges England U20s to finish the job against Venezuela

Last updated : 09 June 2017 By Footymad

Dominic Calvert-Lewin says England Under-20s are ready to finish the job against Venezuela on Sunday.

The Young Lions came from behind to beat Italy 3-1 on Thursday to reach the U-20 World Cup final.

They are the first England side to reach a world showpiece since Bobby Moore lifted the Jules Rimet trophy at Wembley in 1966.

And Everton striker Calvert-Lewin revealed he and his team-mates are confident they can bring the silverware home from South Korea.

"It was an unbelievable performance from the boys, we're into the World Cup final and we're all over the moon," the 20-year-old told thefa.com.

"It's what we've come here to do, get to the World Cup final and hopefully we can go on to win it now. 

"We've worked all year for this, coming away on international duty, it's what we've planned to do all season.

"Now we're right where we want to be, so we're just looking forward to the final now.

"We've seen that Venezuela are a good team. They've been on the other side of the draw and are going along quite nicely. 

"It will definitely be a tough game but if we can bring our best performance to the party, we will be just fine."

Paul Simpson's side fell behind to Riccardo Orsolini's strike inside two minutes, but a second-half double from Dominic Solanke either side of Ademola Lookman's goal sent England through. 

"The gaffer just told us to keep doing what we were doing, try to grind them down and that's exactly what we did," added Calvert-Lewin. 

"We got sucker-punched early on in the first couple of minutes and it's always going to be tough against an Italian team when you're 1-0 down, but we stuck at it in the first half, ground them down and got the first goal.

"We just came into our own then, the players brought out the big performances and it was a big team performance to get the result.

"Ade was brilliant and Dom was excellent as well, but it was the team performance that won us the game and it was the best team performance that we've put together in the tournament so far."