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How did England reach the Euro 2024 semi-finals?

So far, England have offered up little indication that they can offer up a statement performance in Dortmund today. The Three Lions topped Group C despite putting in three drab performances and winning just one game – then beat Slovakia by the absolute skin of their teeth.

But for a Jude Bellingham worldie with seconds left, England’s Euro 2024 campaign would be a distant memory by this point. However, Bellingham’s overhead kick kept them in the last-16 clash, before Harry Kane’s header sent Gareth Southgate’s men into the quarter-finals.

In the last eight, England were slightly better against Switzerland, but again needed a late equalizer – this time from Bukayo Saka – to stay alive. When the tie went to penalties, though, the English did for once look in complete control. Five flawless spot-kicks, coupled with Jordan Pickford’s save to deny Manuel Akanji, earned the Euro 2020 finalists a second straight semi-final place.