England must show guts - Pearce
Uefa European Under-21 Championships final
Venue: New Stadium, Malmo, Sweden Date: Monday, 29 June Start: 1945 BST
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Coach Stuart Pearce has urged his England players to show character when they take on Germany in Monday's European Under-21 Championships final.
England beat Sweden on penalties after letting slip a 3-0 half-time lead to reach the final for the first time since 1984, when they beat Spain 3-0.
"The team who has the most guts, takes their chances and maybe has enough fit players will win," said Pearce.
"We came here to win, now we want to take the trophy home."
Goalkeeper Joe Hart and strikers Gabriel Agbonlahor and Fraizer Campbell are suspended for the final.
Hart and Agbonlahor both picked up second yellow cards in the semi-final win over Sweden, while Campbell was sent off in extra-time.
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Pearce, who barely celebrated on Friday in Gothenburg when Guillermo Molins hit the post to give England the shoot-out victory, admitted England were not on top form.
"When the penalty hit the post everything else was irrelevant and only Monday was important," he said.
"As a nation we have played fantastically well and not got anything out of some matches.
"We can play a hell of a lot better than we did against Sweden, the players will be focused on Monday because the message for the last two years has been that we have come here to win the trophy.
"There is only one team that stands in our way now."
And that team is Germany, who beat Italy 1-0 in the other semi-final and are chasing their first overall tournament victory.
England, who drew 1-1 with Germany in the group stages, are looking for their third win after beating West Germany 5-4 in 1982's two-legged final and Spain 3-0, again over two legs, two years later.
"We're looking forward to it and come Monday we should win," said Pearce.
