Late Watkins winner sends England into the final!
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Cole Palmer came on for 10 minutes against the Netherlands and picked up his first assist of the tournament. Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham have yet to register a single assist throughout the tournament.
Gareth Southgate made a huge call subbing England captain Harry Kane out of the match for Ollie Watkins.
It sure paid off
England have conceded first and went on to win in stoppage time, extra time, or penalties in each of their KO games this Euros
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He’s only 19 years old, but he runs the entire field, recovers, intercepts and is now a Euro finalist.
His name is Kobbie Mainoo
Managers who have led England to more than one major international tournament final:
Gareth Southgate
That’s it
Ronald Koeman: "This is not a penalty. His only attention was to block a shot. Harry Kane then shoots and their feet collide.
Football is getting BROKEN with these type of calls by VAR!"
Aged 19 years and 82 days old, Kobbie Mainoo became the youngest Englishman to play in a major tournament semi-final.
Mainoo was the only England player to attempt 1+ shot, create 1+ chance, make 1+ tackle, make 1+ interception and complete 1+ take-ons against the Netherlands.
He won 100% of his duels (3/3) and no England player made more tackles (2) or made more interceptions (2).
This kid can do it all.
| 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃: Gareth Southgate is the 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 manager in the history to go 13 matches in a row without defeat at the Euros.
| Denzel Dumfries: “I take all responsibility for the penalty moment. I didn’t do it on purpose. I just wanted to block the shot.”
| Ollie Watkins’ game by numbers vs. the Netherlands:
9 minutes played
4 touches
2 passes completed
1 touch in opp. box
1 shot
1 goal
Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappé took 47 shots combined at the Euros.
Mbappé’s penalty vs. Poland was the only goal scored
(via Squawka Football)
Virgil van Dijk on referee Felix Zwayer’s decision to award England a penalty in the first half of their Euros semifinal.
England vs. Netherlands was the first semi-final in Euros history that featured four players aged 21 or under in the starting line-ups
(via squawka/X)
Ollie Watkins broke down in tears after receiving his POTM award for his performance vs. Netherlands.
He only had four touches of the ball
Kobbie Mainoo vs. Netherlands:
100% tackles won
100% duels won
100% long passes completed
His heat map says it all