Gareth Southgate lauds 'fabulous' England win as they reach second semi-final in three years with comfy win over Ukraine as he insists they are determined to go 'two steps further' than 2018 and win Euro 2020 By Kieran Lynch For Mailonline Published: 23:17 BST, 3 July 2021 | Updated: 23:17 BST, 3 July 2021 Viewcomments Gareth Southgate says it's 'still sinking in' to realise that he has managed England to their second semi-final in three years. The Three Lions sealed a comfortable 4-0 victory over Ukraine to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2020 after they previously reached the same stage at the 2018 World Cup. England face Denmark at Wembley on Wednesday and will be hoping to make the final and avoid a repeat of their semi-final defeat to Croatia in 2018. Gareth Southgate's squad have qualified for the semi-finals of the European Championships England produced a dominant performance in Rome to beat Ukraine 4-0 on Saturday night Southgate said the squad still want to go 'two steps further' than the semi-final by winning the competition. He told the BBC: 'It's fabulous. It's still sinking in a bit, we are in another semi-final, three in three years. 'We want to go the two steps further, I know what will be happening at home. It's great to send everyone on a Saturday night, beer in hand, high in the air and they should be. 'It's been a long year for everybody. I'm chuffed the two performances we've had have brought joy and people are happy.' England were able to cruise to victory in the second-half which allowed him to make a number of changes with the game in the bag. Declan Rice and Kalvin Phillips who were a yellow card away from missing the Denmark game through suspension were taken off. Southgate is hoping to go 'two steps further' than their semi-final exit at the last World Cup While Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling and Luke Shaw who played big parts against Ukraine were also substituted. Southgate said: 'We have been able to rotate those guys over the seven games, the squad is so important. 'We're trying to give people game time at the right time. We learned a lot from that in Russia and it shows. 'We tried to balance the players carrying knocks and on yellow cards. I was thinking, do we take the centre-back off? No the game's wrapped up, he doesn't need to make a tackle.' Southgate was able to rest some key players as England took a comfortable second-half lead Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility