Stoke's Jack Butland out to avenge Olympic defeat against Korea

Jack Butland is after revenge when he lines up for England under-20s against South Korea today.

Jack Butland sings the national anthemJack Butland wants to make amends for Team GB's Olympic exit[GETTY]

The Stoke goalkeeper was in the Team GB side which lost to the Koreans in a penalty shoot-out in the quarter-final of the 2012 Olympics at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

Now he hopes he can gain revenge by bouncing back from a 2-1 defeat by Brazil and beat Korea in the Toulon tournament to keep the young Three Lions' hopes of finishing third in the competition alive.

Butland said of the Olympic match: "I was devastated because I wanted to win. "We had chances to put the game away and while it will be a different bunch of players to the ones we faced at the Olympics, it will be the same make-up and mentality."

Capped once, Butland is also using this experience as leader of the next generation in the south of France as a motivation to reach Euro 2016.

He added: "Deep down I'm gutted I'm not going to the World Cup because you always want to be part of major tournaments. But I can't sit here and be frustrated and hold a grudge at the fact that if I was playing in the Premier League and playing well then I could say, 'Yeah, I can make a statement.'

"That hasn't been the case this season. It's a target for next season and the coming tournaments. Not being a part of the World Cup this summer has only given me more motivation and drive to push on and be a part of the next European Championships."

England (probable) - Butland; Browning, M Keane, Moore, Smith; Chabolah, Ward-Prowse; Cousins, Redmond, Obita; W Keane.

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