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Euro 96, the complete history, part six: England's dream dies in Germany semi-final shootout

England Germany Euro 96 Stuart Pearce and Gareth Southgate.

This is part six of this feature: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

For all of the history with Scotland, the Germans were England’s real ‘old enemy’. Hosting a tournament again precisely 30 years after beating West Germany in the World Cup final didn’t help to quell echoes of footballing history, but the echoes were largely tremors after July 30, 1966.

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