That incredible victory for England over Slovakia had been just enough, just in time for the Three Lions and Gareth Southgate; a scarcely-deserved victory nonetheless snatched in incredible fashion. This was better, but only to an extent - and it was hard not to feel like the tension and the penalties could and probably should have been avoided. England, once again, did just enough...but just enough is good enough for them to be going to another semi-final.
That's no disrespect whatsoever to Switzerland had already claimed a point against Germany in the group stage and beaten Italy in the round of 16, sounding a serious warning shot to an England side who had been unconvincing on their way to this quarter-final clash and left it perilously late to rescue that result against Slovakia.
