Euro 2020 LIVE: England fans go wild as Three Lions reach final, Southgate’s side to face Italy – latest updates

NOW'S THE TIM

Chelsea star Timo Werner has backed England to go all the way at Euro 2020 after dumping Germany out.

Werner threw his support behind Gareth Southgate's side after being awkwardly labelled Germany's goalkeeper in an interview with Sky Sports' Natalie Pinkham at the Austrian F1 GP.

Werner told Sky Sports: "Yesterday for sure was a brilliant game from them and they were the better team in the game on Tuesday [against Germany] so they have it all, what you need to win the Euros and I wish them all the best."

Werner's Germany were no match for the Three Lions last week with England winning their second round tie at Wembley.

SO SORRY

Thibaut Courtois’ sister apologised to Leonardo Spinazzola after an ironic statement during Italy’s clash with Belgium.

The Azzurri defeated Roberto Martinez’s men 2-1 on Friday at the Allianz Arena thanks to goals by Nicolo Barella and Lorenzo Insigne, before Romelu Lukaku converted a penalty kick.

But Roberto Mancini’s side suffered a devastating loss during the quarter-final clash as Spinazzola ruptured his Achilles tendon and was stretched off in tears.

While the Roma star was receiving medical treatment on the pitch, Courtois’ sister Valerie shared a story on her personal Instagram account accusing the left-back of time-wasting.

She posted a picture of the incident and captioned it with: “We call it tricks of the trade.”

However, Spinazzola wasn’t faking it and it later emerged that he will miss the rest of Euro 2020.

PLANE AND SIMPLE

Karim Benzema boarded a private jet dressed in a matching Versace tracksuit as he set off on holiday.

The Real Madrid striker failed to get France further than the last 16 in Euro 2020 and is now off for some much needed rest.

Benzema, 33, posted a photo of himself climbing the steps to the luxury small plane.

He had matching blue Versace tracksuit bottoms and jacket as he posed for the camera.

Les Bleus ace completed the look with a swanky-looking watch and a pair of Adidas Yeezys.

Benzema captioned the post: “Time to rest… here we go. #nueve.”

YAR HAVING A LAUGH

This is the bizarre moment Ukraine captain Andriy Yarmolenko refused to let team-mate Roman Yaremchuk shake hands with Harry Maguire.

The West Ham ace intervened as Yaremchuk offered Maguire his hand and made it impossible for him to help the England ace back to his feet.

Maguire was sat on the floor as Yaremchuk offered to help him up.

The Manchester United centre-back moved his hand away as the pair exchanged words.

Yaremchuk tried again but as Maguire went to take the hand on offer, Yarmolenko stepped in.

NO SHIR THING

England fans are struggling to buy an official Three Lions shirt ahead of Wednesday's big semi-final clash with Denmark at Wembley.

Gareth Southgate's men made it to Euro 2020's final four after eliminating Ukraine in the quarter-finals thanks to a decisive 4-0 thrashing with a brace by Harry Kane and goals by Harry Maguire as well as Jordan Henderson.

Hopes of a first international trophy since the 1966 World Cup are high and English supporters want to enjoy the ride in style.

But frustrated fans are finding it difficult to obtain the team's jerseys, which are selling out.

RICE KANED

England star Declan Rice has joked 'why always me' after Harry Kane accidentally choked him during a goal celebration.

The team were celebrating their second goal against Ukraine in their Euro 2020 quarter-final when Rice was caught by his skipper.

After Harry Maguire doubled England's advantage, Rice was the first man to catch up with the Manchester United defender as he celebrated his goal.

Kane was next to the party, jumping on top of Maguire and Rice and accidentally putting the latter in a headlock.

The West Ham star was held by the captain for a few seconds before the adrenaline faded and Rice could smile again.

BBC Sport then shared a video of the hilarious incident on Twitter - and the 22-year-old joined in the fun by quote tweeting it.

Rice joked: "Why always me?"

BEST ENG SHOW

SunSport readers have voted England’s Euro 2020 drubbing of Ukraine as their THIRD best match of the last 25 years.

But the 4-0 demolition job in Rome is still MILES off readers’ favourite game.

Gareth Southgate produced yet another tactical masterclass as England booked their place in the semi-finals.

Harry Kane scored twice – with Harry Maguire and Jordan Henderson also finding the net – as the Three Lions recorded their biggest-ever margin of victory in a major tournament knockout game.

The 4-0 victory eclipsed 3-0 wins over Denmark and Paraguay at the 2002 and 1986 World Cups respectively.

The Roman battering was also the first time England have scored four goals in a knockout game since the 1966 World Cup final win over West Germany.

ZIZOU ARE YOU?

Luke Shaw delivered two assists for England in the space of three minutes and 51 seconds at Euro 2020

And that was more than French legend Zinedine Zidane managed in 14 appearances at the European Championships.

Shaw set up the second goal for Harry Maguire before crossing for Harry Kane to make it 3-0 in the 4-0 win over Ukraine in the quarter-finals.

Told about his achievement of overtaking Zidane’s contributions at a Euro, Shaw said: "A very strange stat! A nice one, I think.

"Obviously, Zidane was one of the best midfielders ever and I can't compare to him.

"But the most important thing for me was reaching the semi-final, getting another game at Wembley in front of our own crowd and hopefully making them happy again."

SOUTHGATE YOU'RE THE ONE

Stuart Pearce, former England international and team-mate of Gareth Southgate, has praised his pal for his decision making so far at Euro 2020.

Pearce cleared up a common misconception about Southgate.

Speaking on talkSPORT, he said: "There was a misconception, potentially, and I’m talking from a footballing aspect, that he’s a soft touch, or whatever.

"I don’t think there is now because people in the game have [recognised] he’ll make the tough judgement calls and I’ll give you one or two real examples.

“He put Henderson in the group where a lot of people were saying he shouldn’t be, he’s not good enough for one reason, not fit enough. You can’t take injured players.

“He knew the worth of Henderson [and Harry Maguire], you saw that last night. Both on the score sheet. I’m absolutely delighted for both of them.

"But, because he knows what they both give the group he was prepared to wait. Not a popular choice in some quarters.

“Going into the first game, by the way, there was a lot of people shouting and hollering and rattling about Sterling shouldn’t be playing. Gareth knew his worth.

“All those people have pulled their necks in now because Sterling has probably carried this team, by the way.

“He [Southgate] has made judgement calls.

“Everyone wants Grealish and Foden in, popular choices, they are the sexy choices, but he hasn’t done that all the time. They have played their part as a group member but he picked the team he though was right and credit to him.”

SAK BACK, NO JACK

Gary Neville has picked his England XI for the Euro 2020 semi-final clash with Denmark - with Jack Grealish yet again missing out, writes DAVE FRASER.

The Three Lions demolished Ukraine 4-0 in their quarter-final clash in Rome with Jadon Sancho given his first start of the tournament.

The new Manchester United star, 21, looked lively throughout the game and gave England a new dimension in attack - despite being given a bizarrely low 4/10 match rating by L'Equipe.

Fans have been crying out for Gareth Southgate to utilise Grealish more having played just 115 minutes across England's five games.

But Neville reckons the Three Lions boss should turn back to Bukayo Saka over Grealish or Sancho for the semi-final showdown against Denmark.

The Arsenal whiz, 19, starred in wins over Czech Republic and Germany but missed the Ukraine demolition job with a minor knock.

And Neville wants him back on the right-wing for the last-four clash at Wembley on Wednesday night.

UKRAINE FEEL ENGLAND'S FURY

Tyson Fury's reaction to England's win!

ROAD TO WEMBLEY

England are one game away from the Euros final at Wembley!

SANTASTIC

Rio Ferdinand has made a bold prediction for Jadon Sancho’s first season at Man Utd.

Sancho started his first game a major international tournament for England last night in a 4-0 win.

And his dazzling footwork left United fans in awe.

Club legend Ferdinand spoke highly of Sancho on the BBC’s coverage of the game.

He said: “I’ll tell you one thing, next season at Man United, he’ll have people off their seats.

“There’s moments in this game where he draws your breath and you think, ‘Oh, wow, that’s different’ — and he’s a fabulous talent, we know that, but mentally he’s very strong and he’s got a desire to be as good as he can be.

“Players that can up the potential of the game are different and they bring something different to your team in the way that he does. 

“This is his first game, by the way, in the tournament, and he comes in and plays the way he did and creates moments, it shows you the talent that is there.”

BACK OF THE NET

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LAMPARD ON SHAW

England and Chelsea legend Frank Lampard has praised Man Utd left-back Luke Shaw for his fantastic form.

Shaw registered two more assists last night against Ukraine in England’s 4-0 win.

Speaking after the game, Lampard said: “Something has clicked with him in the last 18 months.

“Sometimes you can’t control injury stuff, he wasn’t in the best of shape. Now he can do what you want from him.”

HAMMER TIME

After England beat Ukraine last night, Declan Rice is the last West Ham player standing at Euro 2020.

Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine), Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal (Czech Republic) were knocked out of the competition yesterday.

TOP PICK

England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has matched Iker Casillas' clean sheet record at the European Championships, writes THOMAS BLOW.

The Everton stopper hasn't conceded in his five matches at this summer's tournament, matching the record Casillas set in 2012.

Although he didn't have his best game against Ukraine in their quarter-final clash, Pickford is enjoying an impressive Euros campaign.

The 27-year-old has looked assured in net for England and made a couple of excellent saves against Germany at Wembley.

Legendary goalkeeper Casillas kept five clean sheets at Euro 2012 - including in the final against Italy - as Spain won the tournament.

If Pickford manages to keep Denmark at bay in London on Wednesday he will become the first stopper to record six clean sheets in the competition's 61-year history.

ON THIS DAY

On this day 17 years ago, Greece shocked Europe and won Euro 2004.

CAPTAIN KANE

Harry Kane got off to a poor start at Euro 2020, but has since scored three in his last two.

And left-back Luke Shaw has registered three assists.

‘LONG TIME COMING’ 

England midfielder Jordan Henderson finally scored his first international goal after 62 appearances.

And Henderson couldn’t hide his excitement. 

He said: “It’s about time, it’s been a long time coming.

“I have felt one coming and thankfully I’ve managed to get on the scoresheet.

“I’m delighted for the lads because overall the performance was fantastic and will give us good momentum going into the next game.

“I always felt it would come eventually, but I always try to contribute the best I can on the pitch, I never really think about that I need to score goals.

“There are a lot of other players to do that. I need to concentrate on my job on the pitch, what I need to do, what the coaching staff and payers need me to do.

“Of course I would have liked to have scored more goals but I can’t complain. I’m here, contributing and managed to get on the scoresheet.”

FINAL FOUR

Italy, Spain, England and Denmark are the last four teams in the competition.

Italy play Spain at Wembley on Tuesday night.

And England return to Wembley to face Denmark in the second semi-final on Wednesday.

KANTE THE KEY TO UNLOCKING POGBA

Man Utd and England legend Wayne Rooney believes that Paul Pogba having N’Golo Kante next to him, allowed him to express himself.

Pogba played in a slightly deeper role for France at Euro 2020 and played some wonderful balls into Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema. 

Speaking in his Times column, Rooney said: “Like a lot of people, I fancied the French to be champions and as a team they were a massive disappointment.

“That was a particular shame for Paul Pogba. He had been the player of the tournament until they went out.

“Some of the passes Paul played for Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe were incredible. 

“It helped him to have N’Golo Kante as his midfield partner but I think the biggest reason that Paul’s performances were so good was his positioning.

“In all France’s games, he was playing deeper than we normally see him for Manchester United and this meant that he was able to pick the ball up in areas of the pitch where he had the time and room to pick a pass.”

‘ONE OF THE PLAYERS’ OF EURO 2020

Arsenal legend Ian Wright has praised potential Arsenal target Raheem Sterling as “one of the players” of Euro 2020.

Sterling has scored three goals for England and set up Harry Kane’s opener yesterday night.

Wright said: “Raheem Sterling is one of the players of the tournament.

“He finds Harry Kane with a brilliant pass (for the opening goal).

“He comes inside. We need players who can run with the ball, progress the ball, into Harry Kane who can take our half-chances. That’s a half-chance.”

'MAN MOUNTAIN'

England and Man Utd legend Rio Ferdinand heaped praise on Man Utd club captain Harry Maguire.

Speaking after the game, he said: "He (Maguire) brings composure and sometimes the team looks different when someone wants the ball. 

"He wants to get on the ball and take pressure off the other players. The team breathes more when he's in the team.

"They are a stronger team and a better when he's there. He's so comfortable in international football, some players prefer club level or playing for their country.

"In an England shirt he looks like a man mountain. He comes out and just picks the right passes.

"You saw in his first game back he was threading balls in the lines. He brings someone in and then plays it through.

"That's the difference between him and other centre-backs."

YOU SHALL NOT PASS

England have kept several clean sheets in a row, and five at Euro 2020!

Some unsung heroes have helped the Three Lions get the job done. Massive achievement.