Gareth Southgate and Roberto Mancini can start planning in earnest for Sunday’s Euro 2020 final after a dramatic 24 hours at Wembley. Having seen Italy secure their golden ticket with a penalty shoot-out victory over Spain on Tuesday evening, England ensured they would join them by edging past Denmark 2-1 after conceding their first goal of the tournament on Wednesday night. Kane’s attempt was saved, but he converted the rebound to lift the roof off a packed Wembley to exorcise the ghosts of Italia ’90 and Euro ’96. Pickford beaten for the first timepic.twitter.com/DlD0eO0NzD — DBU - En Del Af Noget Større (@DBUfodbold) July 7, 2021Damsgaard became the first man to find a way past England keeper Jordan Pickford at the finals when he curled a 30th-minute free-kick past him. Asked about his penalty, Southgate told ITV: “There’s nobody you’ve rather have on it, but you’re up against a great goalkeeper who he’s obviously faced a lot of times – but thankfully that’s now immaterial.”

Source: Irish Independent July 08, 2021 03:33 UTC