In the European Cup quarter-finals early yesterday morning, England defeated Switzerland 5-3 in a penalty shootout to advance to the semi-finals. After the game, Luke Shaw talked about his injury and future competition in an interview with The Athletic. expectations. ...

Are you ready to launch now? And maybe extra time

"Yes, of course I think I can start, but it all depends on Southgate's decision. I feel fit and ready to play."

"The past four months It was really tough, initially I expected to come back early but to be honest I had a lot of setbacks but now I'm back."

"It was great to play that night and I've been dying to get some playing time. It's been a long time coming and it's great to get some minutes and now hopefully I can get more minutes in the next game."

I've been watching the first few games from the bench.

"My motivation is to help England. The team and restarting the game, for me, at the start of the game, I believed that we had a good chance and believed that we would go far in the game."

"For me, the important thing is to recover. To be fit and help the team, hopefully I can get another chance to repay Southgate's faith."

"It's strange and difficult, being able to go to the game and feel the atmosphere but not be able to put on the shirt or the atmosphere. It’s hard to be involved in anything, but it motivates me even more to keep working hard and do the best I can to make sure I can come back and feel the atmosphere of the game.”