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Under-17 Women’s World Cup: England prepare for the semi-final against Spain – watch on BBC
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Under-17 Women’s World Cup: England prepare for the semi-final against Spain – watch on BBC

Henderson hopes his players will “walk away with memories they will never forget” in the semi-final, but the ultimate goal is to see them break into the senior team in the future.

The last England Under-17 team to play in the World Cup final included current Lionesses Niamh Charles, Alessia Russo, Georgia Stanway, Ella Toone and Lotte Wubben-Moy.

“We believe these tournaments and experiences are crucial to their development,” Henderson said.

“We want to be in more big tournaments like this and expose players to what it’s like to participate in them from a pressure perspective and also culturally.

“Those two games (against Mexico and Japan) were probably the two craziest soccer games we’ve ever been involved in.

“They showed the true character of this team, who we are as a team and how much we believe in each other.”

Spain are heavy favorites having comfortably beaten England in the Euro final, but Henderson says his team wants to “show off on the big stage”.

“A lot of work was done in preparing for the tournament. We have talked about being united, together, present and enjoying the moments together,” he added.

“We also want to be relentless in the way we play football and shine on the big stage. These are the values ​​we have in this team.

“We really believe we can find a way and we have enjoyed facing the challenges together. I know the mentality of the players and they are still not satisfied.”

“We want to go as far as we can. As long as every staff member and player can say they did the best they could, that’s what we want.”