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A fraction of a second after pushing his spot kick too close to the outstretched Danish keeper, Harry Kane fired the rebound seen around the world into the net, propelling England past Denmark into the final of Euro 2020.
As one, almost 60,000 supporters in Wembley stadium, and a nation watching in their homes, leapt to their feet and cried to the skies.
Nerves jangled, full-time came and went. England have been propelled into their first final since the 1966 World Cup.
Fans had chanted football s coming home outside the stadium on Wednesday, hoping to relive the glory days of half a century ago, when a very different kind of England tasted ultimate victory.
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