England 2-1 Denmark(AET); England reach first major final after 55 years

On Wednesday night, England came back from 1-0 down to win 2-1 after extra time to beat Denmark in front of a jam pack home crowd at Wembley to reach their first Euro Final and a first major final since the 1966 World Cup.

England came into the Semi Final on the back of a thumping 4-0 win against Ukraine. With the remaining games to be hosted at Wembley, they knew they had a good chance to finally end their drought for a major piece of silverware.

 

Denmark came into the game with a 2-1 against Czech Republic and were looking to repeat the 1992 heroics which saw them crown Champions of the continent.

And it was the visitors who drew first blood. Mikkel Damsgaard gave them a deserving lead as he thumped in a beautiful free kick, which curled over the wall and dipped under Jordan Pickford's bar in the 30th minute. It was the first goal that England had conceded at the Euros.

The host levelled it up 9 minutes later as Danish Captain Simon Kjaer mistakely diverted a low cross from Bukayo Saka into his own net. Had he not dived in to clear the ball, Raheem Sterling would have had a simple tap-in behind him.

The scores remained level after 90 minutes and extra time was required. England's last three semi final had required Extra time (most recently the 2018 World Cup Semi Final against Croatia), while Denmark's last two semi final also required extra time signalling both teams didn't give up quite easily.

The biggest moment of the match came in the first half of extra time when Raheem Sterling was brought down in the box by Joakim Mæhle in the 102nd minute. After watching the replays it looked a soft one but the decision stood as controversy descended into the game.

England Captain Harry Kane took the penalty and saw his effort saved by Kasper Schmeichel but the Danish keeper could only palm the ball into the middle of the goal and Kane pounced on the rebound to smash it home and make it 2-1 in the 104th minute.

England will now face Italy on Sunday to battle for the right to be called Kings of Europe. The real question is, Is it going Rome? Or is It Coming Home? We will find out on Sunday.