Ezri Konsa targets a place in England's Euro 2024 squad

Ezri Konsa fulfilled a boyhood dream after making his England debut in Saturday's friendly defeat to Brazil and now the Aston Villa defender wants more as he targets a place at Euro 2024.

The 26-year-old was rewarded for his fine club form with a maiden senior international call-up in November but did not feature in either of the two European Championship qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia.

Konsa, though, retained his place in Gareth Southgate's squad for the March friendly double-header with Brazil and Belgium - the last chances for players to impress before the 23-man group is selected for Euro 2024 this summer.

While he was again named among the substitutes at Wembley, Konsa replaced the injured Kyle Walker at right-back with just 20 minutes on the clock as England ultimately lost 1-0 to Endrick's late effort.

'It was definitely worth the wait,' Konsa said of making his England bow.

'It's a dream come true for me and my family and a very proud moment. I wasn't expecting to come on that early.

'But I enjoyed every moment of it. I thought we were the better team as well, we dominated the game, had more possession of the ball and just couldn't score a goal.

'Obviously, I'm sure like the other boys, I don't like losing. It's never enough, losing, no matter if it's a friendly or a competitive game.

'We wanted to win and we didn't do that. It's a mixture of feelings but hopefully I can reflect on that and see I've actually made my debut for England.'

Konsa dealt well with being thrust into the action unexpectedly early, especially as he was up against Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior for much of the contest.

It was something of a baptism of fire for the former Charlton and Brentford man, who was delighted to make his