When Three Liоns teаm-mаte Cоle Pаlmer cаme in оff the bench in Englаnd’s drаmаtic 2-1 triumph оver the Netherlаnds, оllie Wаtkins reveаled the mаtch-winning tаlk he hаd with him.
On Sunday, Gareth Southgate’s squad reserved a spot in the Euro 2024 final against Spain, who has maybe been the strongest team in the whole competition. In the first half, the Three Lions and the Dutch traded goals; Harry Kane’s contentious penalty canceled out Xavi Simons’s incredible strike.
England set for another nervous thirty minutes in Dortmund seemed to be headed for extra-time. But then, with only a minute left of added on time, fantastic sub Watkins landed on the end of a Palmer through pass in the Netherlands box, delivering a magnificent strike into the bottom corner beyond Bart Verbruggen to send the England crowd both in Germany and at home wild.Watkins told Palmer he would help him before he came in off the bench for Harry Kane and Phil Foden, revealing he and Palmer visualized England’s goal. “I have been waiting for that moment for weeks,” said Watkins to ITV. “It’s taken a lot of hard work to get where I am now; I’m glad I grasped it with both hands. I enjoy it.
“I swear on my life, I swear on the life of my kids, I told Cole Palmer, we are coming on and you will set me up today. I was therefore rather glad as well. I knew as soon as he acquired the ball he would be playing me, and then you have to be greedy: touch and finish. And then I watched it slide in the lowest corner, oh my life. Greatest sensation I have ever had.Though England has not had the smoothest of competitions, somehow they are through to a second consecutive European Championship final. But England gave their finest Euro 2024 performance against the Netherlands, after a run of underwhelming results and a penalty shoot-out triumph over Switzerland.
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