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"I was at the hotel I am staying at present with a couple of mates when I saw my dad had left a message on my phone saying I was in the England squad but I thought that was a wind-up. "Then a journalist called me and told me the same thing and again my reaction was 'you are joking' but he gradually convinced me that he was deadly serious. It is amazing. I am shocked, stunned, all those things. It was something I was not expecting at this stage. "I had a good spell with the Under-21s and it was big, big dream of mine to one day get into the full England squad. "It's fair to say that was one of the reasons that I left Arsenal for Birmingham was to be able to play regular and get into that window where people can see what you are capable of. "But I never dreamed it would be happening now and, after the disappointment of losing today after playing so well in the first half, it is a big lift to me."
If selected to play, Upson could come up against Blues team mate Stan Lazaridis, who has been chosen in the Australian squad.
