England U21s beat Israel to book Euro final spot as Gibbs-White goes from villain to hero

England's Under-21 stars have reached the European Championship final following an impressive 3-0 win over Israel to continue a stellar campaign for Lee Carsley's side. It is the age group's first final since 2009 when Theo Walcott and co were dominating youth football, but a new era of stars are on the cusp of glory in Georgia.

Morgan Gibbs-White perhaps thought that it wasn't going to be his night when he missed a first-half penalty with the two sides deadlocked, but the Nottingham Forest star redeemed himself by scoring the opening goal of the game with a header from Cole Palmer's cross.

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Gibbs-White could have given England an even more comfortable lead, however, as he sent a spot-kick badly wide in addition to a series of early missed efforts that will have frustrated boss Carsley.

The defence, which consists of Chelsea ace Levi Colwill, continued to be impenetrable having now failed to concede in five games with the 21-year-old who spent last season loan at Brighton and is the subject of plenty of transfer interest - often able to stop still with the ball for several moments before being pressed by the Israel forward.