It’s incredible: Southgate

England fed off the energy of a passionate Wembley crowd to beat Denmark 21 in extra time in the Euro 2020 semifinals on Wednesday and now stand just 90 minutes away from ending their 55year trophy droughtGareth Southgatersquos men will face Italy on Sundaymdashagain on home turfmdashinfused with belief they can win a first major international tournament since the 1966 World CupFor Euro 92 champions Denmark defeat spells the end of a fairytale run England emerged on a cool evening at Wembley after the crowd of almost 65000 had whipped themselves into a frenzy with rousing renditions of ldquoSweet Carolinerdquo and ldquoFootballrsquos Coming HomerdquoEngland concede first goalBut Denmark ripped up the home script on the halfhour when Mikkel Damsgaard punished Luke Shaw for a foul on Andreas Christensen smashing a freekick past the despairing dive of Jordan PickfordGareth SouthgateThat was the first goal England had conceded in the entire tournament and thousands of Britishbased Danes celebrated wildly The crowd went flat but England were level within 10 minutes when Denmark captain Simon Kjaer could only bundle the ball into his own net after a cross from Bukayo SakaNeither side could find a goal in the second period despite intense pressure from the home side as normal time drew to a close The volume in the stadium increased in extra time as England put Denmark under intense pressure and they finally got their reward when Raheem Sterling was fouled in the box by Joakim MaehleHarry Kanersquos penalty was saved by Kasper Schmeichel but he converted the rebound to give England the advantage and they held Denmark at bay to seal the win The final whistle sparked scenes of delirium in the stands and on the pitch as the players partied with the crowdlsquoA fantastic nightrsquoldquoWhen yoursquove waited as long as we have to get through a semifinal the playersmdashconsidering the limited international experience some of them havemdashhave done an incredible jobrdquo Southgate told ITV ldquoWersquove given the fans and nation a fantastic night and the journey carries on for another four daysrdquoThere was no panic says KaneEngland captain Harry Kane said his sidersquos experience of losing a World Cup semifinal three years ago helped pull them through a nervewracking clash with Denmark to reach the European Championship final for the first time ldquoWe said all along we can talk about how wersquove learned from 2018 but itrsquos about doing it on the pitchrdquo said Kane ldquoWe stayed calm there was no panic These games are about character digging in and beliefrdquoAlso Read Bumrah wife Sanjana Ganesan attend Euro 2020 semis at WembleyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever