England rekindled hopes to win Euro 2020 in 55 years

London: England defeated Denmark 2-1 in overtime in the Euro 2020 semi-finals on Wednesday. Using the energy of enthusiastic Wembley fans, they are now only 90 minutes away from ending their 55-year trophy drought.

Gareth Southgate’s team will play against Italy again on Sunday, and they firmly believe that they can win their first major international tournament since the 1966 World Cup.

For the European Cup champion Denmark in 1992, after witnessing the trauma of star player Christian Eriksson falling in their first game, failure means the end of the last four games in a fairytale.

After nearly 65,000 spectators set themselves up with exciting “Sweet Caroline” and “Football’s Coming Home”, the England team had a cool night at Wembley Stadium.

But Denmark tore up the home game script within half an hour, when Mikel Damsgaard punished Luke Shaw for fouling Andreas Christensen, desperate in Jordan Pickford Scored in a jumper.

This was the first goal England conceded in the entire game. Thousands of British Danes celebrated wildly.

When the Danish captain Simon Kjaer made a search cross by Bukayo Saka, he could only tie the ball into his own net, but the England team was tied for 10 minutes.

At the end of the normal time, despite the great pressure from the home team, both sides failed to find a goal in the second quarter.

The volume in overtime increased and the England team put tremendous pressure on the Denmark team. When Raheem Sterling was fouled by Joakim Maehle in the penalty area, they finally got a reward.

Harry Kane’s penalty was saved by Kasper Schmeichel, but he converted the rebound to give England an advantage, they prevented the Danish team from securing the victory.

The final whistle sounded, and the players in the stands and on the court cheered with the crowd.

Southgate said in an interview with ITV: “While you wait for the semifinals, the players-considering some of them have limited international experience-have done an incredible job.”

“The most gratifying thing is that we gave the fans and the country a wonderful night, and the journey continued for another four days.

“On such a night, we suffered in Moscow (2018 World Cup semi-finals) and we have managed to solve this problem.”

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and British Football Association President Prince William attended the game.

“@England is going all out tonight,” Johnson wrote on Twitter. “The performance of the Gareth Southgate team is amazing. Now we are in the finals. Let’s take it home.”

Jeff Hirst performed a hat-trick when England defeated West Germany to win the 1966 World Cup final. He wrote on Twitter: “Wow! We are in the final. Great game. England did a great job. Great.”

-Slow start-

Since becoming a world champion in 1966, England has suffered four heartbreaks in the semi-finals in major competitions, and those painful defeats have been deeply imprinted in the hearts of English football.

But Southgate has witnessed the emergence of a vibrant young team. They don’t care about the trials and tribulations of their predecessors who failed in the national team jersey. They have now entered their first European Championship final.

After Eriksson had to recover on the court after a cardiac arrest in the opening game of the game against Finland, Denmark was driven by a sense of destiny and desire.

They didn’t score a point in the last match of the group stage, but with Eriksson’s recovery, Kasper Hjulmand’s team started three victories, leading them to the first semi-final in 29 years.

Disappointed Hjulmand said that the nature of the winning ball left a “bitter” taste.

“One thing is to lose a game, but losing a game in this way is disappointing because these people have fought a lot of battles,” he said.

“Before we describe these feelings, we must digest them. Leaving the game is a painful way.”

Italy did not even qualify for the 2018 World Cup. After a 1-1 draw on Tuesday and a 4-2 defeat to Spain in the same stadium, Italy is waiting for England at Wembley this weekend.

Federico Chiesa gave Italy a half-hour lead and Spain’s substitute Alvaro Morata equalized the score with 10 minutes left.

Both sides missed the first two feet of the penalty kick. Gianluigi Donnarumma saved Morata’s efforts and Jorginho converted the Italian championship.