19 Sep 2007
VIDEO: Eniola Aluko pre-USA

Eniola Aluko believes that wtih the confidence they have England are more than capable of making it through to the Semis.

USA v England
World Cup 2007, Quarter Final
1pm (BST), Saturday 22 September 2007
Tianjin Olympic Centre, Tianjin
Watch it live on BBC One

England striker Eniola Aluko says that everyone in the squad believes they are capable of making it through to the World Cup semi finals, despite the prospect of world number one USA in their path.

Having earned a hugely impressive draw with reigning champions Germany, the Three Lions scored six past Argentina to make it to the last eight and those results have bred confidence throughout the squad.

Aluko told TheFA.com: "The spirit in the team is fantastic, you can taste the confidence.

"I think now it's like 'Bring it on', obviously we have USA in the quarter finals and everyone is raring to go.

"It's great to be here knowing that we're going into a quarter final with everyone watching back home. This is what we all dream about, I think we have to pinch ourselves sometimes and say 'Wow, we're actually here'.

"This was our goal, to play the biggest teams in the world, and that's what we're going to do on Saturday and I just hope we do ourselves proud, and I believe we can win the game."

Looking back on the previous two performances, Aluko was pleased with both displays.

"Germany are the World Champions and we performed so well we could even have won the game," Aluko explained.

"On Monday it was a fantastic performance. We knew that we couldn't go into the game complacent irrespective of the fact that Argentina lost 11-0 to Germany - that wasn't the point, every game is different.

"We went into it with a professional attitude and got the result we wanted, and we were quite ruthless really."

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