England dramatically stormed through to the quarter finals of the Euros cheered on by a passionate 30,000 strong army of fans in an extraordinary match. England captain Harry Kane scored the winner in extra time sparking wild scenes of celebration. But Jude Bellingham was the real Three Lions hero scoring a spectacular late injury time equaliser as England fans bellowed “Hey Jude” in honour of the midfield star.
They then sang the Great Escape tune which certainly summed up the mood in the stadium Singing legend Ed Sheeran was in the stands and joined Three Lions supporters roaring: “ Football ’s coming home” and “Don’t take me home” The players’ wives and girlfriends, who were all sitting directly behind the England bench, celebrated wildly at the final whistle. As jubilant fans streamed out of the stadium last night they vowed “we can go all the way.” They said England will now make the final in Berlin in two weeks time.
But first underdogs Switzerland await in the last eight next Saturday. The match in Dusseldorf will kick off at 5pm and more than 40,000 England fans are expected to make the short trip across to Germany. Gareth Southgate ’s men showed tremendous spirit recovering from going 1-0 down when Ivan Schranz scored in the first half silencing the stadium apart from 5,000 bouncing Slovakian fans packed behind Jordan Pickford ’s goal.
As fans jumped onto the trams taking them back to Gelsenkirchen city centre after the match there was a par.
