Sounds incredible, but the birthplace of football, England, never won the European Championship. Their best record in the last 15 tournaments was semi-final in 1996, and they only managed their second semis in this year’s competition. In fact, they didn’t even qualified four times for EURO, which is quite a shock for such a big country. Three Lions pounce the semi-finals spot with four goals in Ukraine’s netThat is why England is in a state of emergency after a 4-0 thrashing against Ukraine in the quarter-finals. Not only did England won comfortably, but it was painless to watch them, as The Three Lions dominated against Andryi Schevcheko’s men. The whole nation thinks this will be the year when finally ’football is coming home’ and taking his team to the finals would be another landmark for coach Gareth Southgate and the whole team. “We want to go two steps further. I know what will be happening at home. It’s lovely to see everyone on a Saturday night, beer in hand. They should enjoy it. It’s been a long year for everyone. I’m chuffed the two performances have brought so much happiness to people. It’s fabulous for our country – a semi-final at Wembley. Everyone can really look forward to that – it’s brilliant. We’re not satisfied. Even before the end of the game, I was thinking about the next challenge. We have never been to a European Championship final. It’s another opportunity to make history” said Southgate.9 – Harry Kane is now level with @alanshearer for most major tournament goals for England (World Cup/EUROs), with only @GaryLineker (10) netting more than the Tottenham striker at such competitions for the Three Lions. Closing. #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/QYYyIv2m8H— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) July 3, 2021 One of the biggest worries for England in this EURO has been Harry Kane’s form. But after three games without scoring, Tottenham striker found the net three times in two games, and found his mojo at the perfect time. Against Denmark, Kane and co. will be again at home – at the Wembley, and the England forward relishes the opportunity. “It’s going to be incredible. What a moment for us as a team and a nation. A lot of us playing now won’t have the opportunity to have a big game like that at Wembley in a major tournament again. It’s there for us. It’s an opportunity for us and we have to grab it with both hands. We have to enjoy being in that environment. Coming off the back of the Germany game, the spirits were high and the stadium was rocking so hopefully we can use that energy again and really take the game to Denmark” said Kane. England’s best EURO 2020 player is a Jamaican boyUkraine was no match for such a strong and self confident England, who just won against Germany and while Andriy Shevchenko tried to disrupt Southgate’s game plan, the ending result was simply not good. Former Chelsea forward was impressed with England squad and predicted that his colleague Gareth Southgate will reach the finals. “The English team is really strong, individually and as a team as well, they have a great coach Gareth Southgate and they reached the semi-finals, and I can see that this team can make it to the final. We did not deny our principles, we had good parts of the game, but there are sometimes – set pieces, for example – today we didn’t work very well at them. England played very pragmatically today, they used their strong sides, they exploited our mistakes they played very well, at a top level. They controlled the game” said Ukraine coach.
