England’s history-making hero Ollie Watkins described his disbelief after a “special moment” that he had not dared to imagine earlier in his career.
Watkins propelled England’s men to their first major tournament final on foreign soil with a brilliant last‑minute goal against the Netherlands, cracking in low from an angle to spark jubilation in Dortmund and beyond. The Aston Villa forward explained such scenes were a distant prospect when he was coming through as a youngster at Exeter, but revealed he and his fellow substitute Cole Palmer had predicted they would combine for the winner.
