First game Gareth Southgate’s crew had to play outside of London but it didn’t matter – they kept on going. Another game, another win, another clean sheet.Great performance of English footballers against Ukraine earned them the place in the final four of the European competition. Final score in Rome 4-0.After three minutes and thirty-two seconds, it was already one-nil in favour of England. Their captain Harry Kane caught a clever splitting pass from Raheem Sterling and brought an early lead to the favourites.
Out of the last 21 goals England have scored Sterling participated in sixteen of them (8 goals, 8 assists).Only attempt the Ukrainians made happened in the 17th minute when Roman Yaremchuk went on a weaving run through the defence and got within shooting range inside the box, but his effort to the bottom left corner was thwarted by Jordan Pickford.From the start, Ukrainian legend Andriy Shevchenko set his tactics to be predominantly defensive but with that goal thay conceded too early, such approach made it hard for Ukraine to be competitive.English calmly kept Ukraine’s players at bay. From such control of the match came an opportunity for doubling the advantage – Declan Rice released a rocket towards the middle of the goal from the edge of the box, but Georgi Bushchan managed to deflect the shot away from his net.🏴 1st time England have scored 4 goals in a knockout stage match of a major tournament since the final of the World Cup in 1966…#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/GvKzvqG5pC— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) July 3, 2021 Ukrainians managed to get close to Pickford’s goal few times but failed to create palpable opportunities, all of those attempts were far from dangerous.Second half opened the same as the first – a goal for England to get things started.A combination of Manchester United players – Luke Shaw sent a great cross from a free kick and Harry Maguire followed the ball perfectly to redirect it behind Bushchan.Only four minutes later it was three-nil with Shaw assisting Kane with a beautiful lofted cross. Kane was lonely in front of opponent’s goal and his header was undeniable.
Harry Kane is now level with Alan Shearer, for most major tournament goals for England (World Cup/EUROs), with only Gary Lineker (10) netting more than the Tottenham striker at such competitions for the Three Lions.Kane almost scored his third with a bombastic shot from the edge of the box which went in the direction of the right-hand post, but Bushchan leapt like a salmon to deny it.But there was nothing goalkeeper could do seconds after when Jordan Henderson converted England’s corner kick into their fourth goal. Henderson has scored his first ever goal for England, in what is his 62nd appearance and with his 43rd shot attempted.
England have scored nine headed goals at the World Cup and EUROs since the start of the 2018 World Cup – no other nation has scored more than four headers across the 2018 World Cup and EURO 2020 combined.After the last scored goal of his men, Southgate decided to protect some of his main men from injuries and yellow cards by substituting them for players who need more playing minutes.Slowly but surely, English controled the match until the final whistle.Confidence is booming for sure as English await their clash against Denmark on the 7th of July.EURO 2020Quarter-finalsCzech Republic – Denmark 1-2 (0-2)/Schick 49′ – Delaney 5′, Dolberg 42’/Ukraine – England 0-4 (0-1)/Kane 4′, 50′, Maguire 46′, Henderson 63’/©SofaScore