OK, that’s all for today. Thanks for tuning in. We’ll be back in the morning as we continue all the build-up to Sunday’s final, and unpack any more reaction to the semi-finals.
I’ll leave you with this piece from Rob Draper on Ollie Watkins, charting the striker’s journey from non-league to the hero at the Euro 2024 semi-finals.
See ya!
Some fresh quotes from Cole Palmer, who set up Ollie Watkins for England’s winner against the Netherlands. Based upon performances alone throughout the tournament, there is a very strong case to drop one of Bellingham or Foden (although the latter was obviously excellent against the Dutch) for Palmer, but Southgate will almost certainly stick to the same starting XI against Spain.
Everyone’s buzzing. Last night on the bus tunes were on, changing room, everyone was just enjoying it. But obviously it’s a short turnaround and it’s a massive, massive game to change our lives, our family’s lives, and to make everyone proud. That’s what we’re trying to do.
I think if you’ve got this final then you have to hopefully finish the job. It’s all good getting to the final, and you’ve got to enjoy it because you don’t get many moments to enjoy. But, no, everyone just wants to win so bad.
In the first few games we didn’t play the best that we could and everyone knew that. But now I think as the tournament’s gone on, especially yesterday, I think we had our best game in the tournament, and that’s what you want going into the later stages.It’s huge. We played them last year in the Under-21s final, England versus Spain. Even that was a massive game, so I can’t imagine this one!
