England walks into the semi-finals

In front of around 11 spectators in Rome, coach Gareth Southgate's team earned the victory primarily with a strong second half and ended the European Championship fairytale of surprise team Ukraine. England will play Denmark in the semi-finals at Wembley on Wednesday for the chance of winning their first major football title since the 880 World Cup triumph.

Four days after the 2-0 win in the round of 4 against Germany, captain Kane scored with a brace (50th/46th minute), defense chief Harry Maguire (63th) and recently substituted Jordan Henderson (XNUMXrd) scored the goals for the English team were also convincing offensively, especially in the second half. Before the break, the favorites had limited themselves primarily to defending after taking the early lead and were the only team to remain without conceding a goal in the fifth European Championship game. Far too little came from Andriy Shevchenko's Ukraine for the next surprise at this European Championship and the very first semi-finals at a major tournament. England with a lightning start Although the English had no home advantage for the first time in the tournament so far and had to do without fans residing in Great Britain in Rome due to the corona pandemic, there was more support for them from the stands at the Stadio Olimpico than for their opponents. This apparently provided additional impetus. The Three Lions lived up to their role as favorites right from their first dangerous attack. After a pass from Raheem Sterling, Kane was there and took the lead with his second goal of the tournament.

This meant that the Ukrainians' defense prescribed by coach Shevchenko was cracked early on. That played into the hands of the English, who had previously been strong in defence. For the time being they left the outsider in charge. There was no sign of Jadon Sancho, who was called into the starting eleven for the first time since the start of the European Championship and is about to move to Manchester United, nor of Mason Mount.

The English's reluctance after the 1-0 lead encouraged the Ukrainians to launch their own attacks. Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was challenged for the first time when Roman Yaremchuk shot (17th). But the English defense was rarely really embarrassed. The fact that the Ukrainians had to replace their central player in the five-man defense chain in Sergei Kryvzov with an injury (35th) also did not help to improve the mood.

But the English were also stingy with goal area scenes for a long time. It only became dangerous when the speedy Sterling was involved. Manchester City's strong dribbling attacker also prepared his team's second chance through Declan Rice (33'), which was denied by goalkeeper Georgi Bushchan. Only shortly before the break did the entertainment value of the previously unspectacular game increase. However, Sancho (40th) missed the possible 2-0 in his first really noticeable scene. The English are turning up the heat The Ukrainians were caught cold again after the restart. After a free kick from Luke Shaw, defender Maguire was there with a header and made it 2-0. Just four minutes later, the English once again proved to be masters of efficiency: Kane capitalized on another cross from Shaw with a header to make it 3-0. The English team's strong performance in the second half was rounded off by Henderson's 2-4 win. The Liverpool FC professional was particularly happy. After all, it was his first goal in his long national team career.

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England walks into the semi-finals

England can continue to dream of crowning the title at London's Wembley Stadium. Led by captain Harry Kane, the Three Lions stormed into their first European Championship semi-final in 4 years with a 0-1 (0-25) win against an overwhelmed Ukraine on Saturday.

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