Gareth Southgate has praised his England players for their 'immense' performance against Germany on Tuesday.
The Three Lions booked their place in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals with a 2-0 victory at Wembley.
Southgate said after the game: "The players were immense right the way through the team - the fans were behind every challenge, every time we pressed the ball, every run. The energy in the stadium was incredible.
"So to send them home like that…to know so many millions of people can have that enjoyment is very special. The level of performance was really important - we were playing a team with four World Cup winners and a manager who has had an incredible career.
"We know there has always been questions about us against big nations - we knew they would dictate certain parts of the game. We will always have passion and heart but what pleased me the most was we played with brains.
"Today is a big result - these players keep writing history and we've got the chance again. We've only made one European Championship semi final - so have the chance to do something special.
"What this group of players has been able to do is give a lot of people some very happy memories - this is another afternoon where we've made a bit of history, we've done a bit of that over the last four years.
"The players don't need to feel the burden of the past - it's a fresh outlook for them. What they can do is change all that and have the mindset of it being a challenge rather than being fear.
"They took that challenge on today and played in that way - that's what we have to continue doing."
