Manchester United captain Harry Maguire believes England must use previous hurt to spur them on to glory.
The Three Lions take on Denmark in the second semi final at Euro 2020 on Wednesday.
England lost in the World Cup semi finals to Croatia three years ago and now have a chance to erase that memory with a win at Wembley this week.
“The motivation is there,” Maguire said, per the BBC.
“Losing the semi-final at the World Cup hurt a lot.”
He added: “I think we’re in a lot better place than we were.
“The experience of that, we’ve learnt from it. We’ve had a lot of big games in that period to improve and a lot of time spent together on the training pitch, friendlies and qualifiers. Every game we play we feel we improve.
“In this tournament, from the first game to the Ukraine game, there’s a lot of differences in the principles that we’re demanding from each other. Of course we’re in a better place now, but we’ve still got a long way to go.”