07-Jul-2021 22:55:53 | Guardian
Semi-finals are meant to be tense struggles and Denmark pushed Southgate’s side all the way on an enthralling night
On into that new frontier. As Harry Kane turned to celebrate, with 103 minutes on the clock and the ball still spinning in Kasper Schmeichel’s net, England’s players seemed to be floating above the Wembley turf, taking in great fragrant gulps of air, eyes wide, fixing that moment in time.
It had been a long road there, fringed with hazards and notes of danger.
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