England U21 boss Stuart Pearce was delighted to see his players hold their nerve in last night's penalty shootout triumph over Sweden.
Pearce lost at the last-four stage twice as a player and as a coach two years ago - but it looked like his youngsters would cruise to victory in Gothenburg after leading at half-time through Martin Cranie, Nedum Onuoha and Mattias Bjarsmyr's own goal.
The Swedes then staged a stunning revival at Gamla Ullevi and levelled through two goals from Marcus Berg and another from Ola Toivonen.
Fraizer Campbell was sent off in extra-time before the penalties, which England have been practising after each training session for two years. Joe Hart was booked to rule him out of the final but also scored one and saved one, sending England through.
Pearce says he will appeal against Hart's booking during the penalty shoot-out.
"We'll appeal against his booking," said Pearce after England's victory.
"We're fair-minded enough to say that we have no problems with necessary bookings but when you've played for two hours and a bit, after four matches, to book a goalkeeper for what he deems ungentlemanly conduct....
"I don't think there is a rule about talking to the penalty taker or whatever he was doing. If there is no ground we have two other goalkeepers."
Hart added: "As soon as got yellow card I was determined to win it."