Newcastle United's Lewis Hall's 'amazing' England admission after half-time message

It was a proud moment for the Hall family in Greece last night as Newcastle United defender Lewis made his England debut at the Olympic Stadium.

With his parents watching fromt he stands, the 20-year-old was introduced at half-time as a replacement for the injured Ezri Konsa. You wouldn't know it from his assured performance, but the United youngster admitted to having some nerves as the took to the field for the second half.

But 45 minutes later, with a 3-0 vicory for Lee Carsley's side in the bag, Hall can now look forward to a potential starting place against Ireland at Wembley on Sunday night. It's been an incredible rise for the Newcastle star this season, and while it may not have quite sunk in yet, he's focused on doing the right thngs for both club and country to ensure he continues his meteoric progress.

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"We were warming up like you do at half-time as subs," Hall said of his introduction. "Obviously, I've seen what happened to Ezri in the first half and he just said for all the defenders to keep warm and stuff.

"I'll be honest, I wasn't really expecting to come on just because of the position that Ezri plays. I think it was (performance coach) Chris Jones who told me and I couldn't quite believe him at first.

"Luckily, I had another 10 minutes as well then to get myself ready and prepared to come on. It's amazing. I don't think it's fully sunk in yet, really. I'm sure I'll lie down tonight and realise what's happened. It's an amazing feeling for me and really happy to get the win as well.

"I did feel a bit nervous before coming on. But I think when you're out there and you sort of get your first pass away and you're in the game, you just treat it as any other game, really.

"There's so many talented players around me that I knew anytime I get the ball that there's always going to be options. There's so much quality in the team, so it's amazing to play with them players as well."

Hall's main focus on Thursday was collective success rather than making his England debut, which he did alongside fellow new boys Curtis Jones and Morgan Rogers. That is why getting 45 minutes off the bench was a "bonus" on a night when victory was key, with the result meaning they will seal promotion back to the Nations League top tier if they beat the Republic of Ireland.

He could make his first England start in Sunday's Wembley encounter, which is the final match before Carsley hands over to new boss Thomas Tuchel - the man who gave the full-back his professional debut at Chelsea.

"Personally, I'm just lost for words really," the left-back said when asked about England's problem area. "Sometimes it's difficult in football to really understand what happens until (down the line).

"Everything happens so quickly they don't really get time to sit there and take it all in. At some point I'm going to have to do that, but, yeah, I'm really happy for tonight.

"Like you said, there's not many left-backs but I'm just trying to take everything game by game and keep trying to play well for England whenever I get the opportunity and keep playing well for Newcastle whenever I'm playing as well. If I continue to do that then I'll be in a good position."