Euro 2020: England finally deliver another knockout blow at Wembley

By Stuart Rayner
Published 29th Jun 2021, 22:57 BST
Updated 30th Jun 2021, 08:27 BST
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It was the most England-Germany moment you could imagine.

Raheem Sterling had scored his third goal of the tournament to put England 1-0 up but with eight minutes to play, gave the ball away. Kai Havertz passed it to Thomas Muller, who equalised. The game went to penalties and England went out.

Except not this time.

Muller, prolific in World Cup football but strangely unable to find the net in European Championships – not even in penalty shoot-outs – missed. Shortly afterwards he was substituted.

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England's Harry Maguire celebrates after Harry Kane scored his side's 2nd goal. (Andy Rain, Pool via AP)England's Harry Maguire celebrates after Harry Kane scored his side's 2nd goal. (Andy Rain, Pool via AP)
England's Harry Maguire celebrates after Harry Kane scored his side's 2nd goal. (Andy Rain, Pool via AP)

By then Harry Kane, so laboured in this tournament, had nodded a decisive second. England won a game of knockout football in the European Championship.

That has never happened before. They won a penalty shoot-out against Spain which prompted almost as much relief as this, but never victory in 90 minutes.

And not against Germany. The last time they lost a competitive game at Wembley was in 1966. You may have heard about it.