Sometimes, your luck is just in, you catch a break when you most need it and, after so much major tournament semi-final heartache, England finally got something to go their way and, in the process, one of these suffocatingly high-tension encounters to follow suit.
The 90 minutes had been nerve-shredding, England forced to find a response to Mikkel Damsgaard’s stunning 25 yard free-kick on the half-hour, which they did when Bukayo Saka’s cross, intended for Raheem Sterling, was bundled over Denmark’s goal-line by their captain, Simon Kjær.
Written by David Hytner at Wembley
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jul/07/england-denmark-euro-2020-semi-final-match-report under the title “England beat Denmark in extra time to set up Euro 2020 final with Italy”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
