- I was just praying that I could come on,
even for a minute.
I just just praying that he was gonna call me.
Then when he called me, all that adrenaline
was just like rushing through my body,
especially playing against Brazil, as well.
That was probably my biggest achievement.
- Now, charge for Solanke....
And he takes it!
England in front!
Solanke ... Solanke scores!
And that is surely England into the
under-20 World Cup final!
- My first professional debut was for Chelsea
in the Champions League.
The weekend before I made my debut,
I was on the bench, away at Crystal Palace,
and I was hoping I was gonna make my debut then.
I think ... I was getting called up, getting dressed,
and then they just scored, so ended up changing.
And he brought Drogba in, I think it was,
instead of me. So, had to wait a bit longer.
But then later on in that week,
there was a Champions League against Maribor.
And I was doing quite well, so the manager put me on.
And that was a crazy feeling, really.
Being that young, you're just so happy
when you're on the pitch. I couldn't stop smiling.
I think the whole season that was what we was all waiting
for, playing in the World Cup for England.
That's a dream, really. And we went there knowing
that we got a good squad.
I think the year before we got knocked out
in the semifinals in the under-19 Euro,
so that was really upsetting.
And we knew that the next year that if we went there
and played our best that we'd have another chance.
I was aiming for the Golden Boot,
the top scorer, and I think someone beat me to it.
So I was thinking that I wasn't gonna get there,
the award. And when they called my name up
for the Golden Ball I was just even more happy,
even more than the Golden Boot.
So, I think that was one of the biggest achievements
in my career so far.
Well, I was actually moved to 21s at first,
and then we had a qualifying game in Ukraine.
After the qualifying game our manager told me
that I was gonna go up to the seniors
for their game against Brazil.
I was just amazed, really. I wasn't really expecting it.
I went there, trained with them for a few days.
It was amazing, really, playing with them all.
A few of them that I knew, so that was good.
And then on the day I was just praying
that I could come on, even for a minute.
Then, when he called me, I just looked around
at all of the Brazilian players, really.
Watched Brazil from young and ... Neymar,
one of my favorite players.
He was doing really well in the game,
so to be out on the same pitch as him was amazing,
really. And when you're a bit nervous, you tire easy.
So I ran onto the pitch and I was already tired.
It was crazy ... just like anything can happen, really.
Like you could be sitting there one day,
and you're just playing normally.
And then the next day you could get called up to play.
Well, my time was in the Champions League.
And you just got to embrace it, really,
and take everything step by step.
But everything can change so quickly in football,
so you never really know what can happen.