England U21 coach Lee Carsley has played down their favourites tag ahead of the U21 Euros semifinal against Israel.
England go into the game with a 100 per cent record.
"I've spoken to the players about how it's important for them to go out and express themselves," Carsley said.
"They've shown a real maturity to the way they've approached every game and every challenge.
"As a staff, it was important that we never deviated from the next thing being the most important.
"We spoke about making sure we don't look forward to the game too much because I've been there before myself as a player where you almost play the game in your mind and when you get to the game, you're done."
The former Everton midfielder added: "We're both in the semi-final and I don't see ourselves as favourites."
