Has not been successful for england, its right to say in major tournaments when it comes to semi finals have lost the last four and there s just this hope and expectation that england could get over the line but as we have been hearing you cannot underestimate the challenge denmark will face but theirformer winners of challenge denmark will face but their former winners of the tournament back in 1992 a couple players that played the premier as well who know what it s like to play in the stadium. the fa cup winner here not long ago and he will not be overwrought about the occasion. england tried to change the narrative around the team when it comes to major tournaments, so much disappointment and heartbreak with penalties or going out at the semi final stage and it seems as though gareth southgate has started to do that. and the way that they have achieved landmarks of this term is already winning their opening group game of the european championship and they had not done that before. o
Since the 1966 world cup final. this didn t happen since 1966. they have lost every one of their games against germany. fans arrived at wembley hopeful that those near misses, the disappointments, could finally be put to one side at long last time. forthese be put to one side at long last time. for these england fans to celebrate because it is a huge victory, a special victory, and one, as i say, shaped by the history and events and disappointments and upsets that have gone before. the penalty shootout that was suffered here against germany at wembley in 1966 and since chris waddle missed the decisive penalty which saw germany go through at the semi final stage. but i think perhaps now these england fans and gareth southgate can start putting those disappointments to one side
Exit the tournament there at the semi final stage. the last competitive match at major tournaments, back in 2010 at the world cup in germany when frank lampard scored that goal which, of course, wasn t given. so many near mrs, so much heartbreak and astonishing to think as well that this is only the second time in history and the european championship that england have won a knockout match. they did and quite spectacular style. yes, the calls came late, but the introduction of jack grealish made the difference as raheem sterling has scored all the goals in this tournament, harry kane rounded things out. christian, you have to say now, having gotten past germany, i think england can dare to believe that perhaps the final is looking within reach now. they have to come through the next match, of course, but it could be ukraine or sweden, we will wait to see. and it will be the czech republic are denmark and the finals. teams on paper that england feel they should win. as we ve seen from a