However England’s greatest scare got here in Tuesday’s semi-final win over Italy.

Their opponents had been the underdogs – sitting eight locations beneath England on the planet rankings, and competing of their first semi-final since 1997.

England had been looking for a 3rd straight closing and Wiegman hoped to succeed in a fifth successive main closing as supervisor.

Nevertheless, Italy didn’t learn the script as they took a shock lead in Geneva by way of Barbara Bonansea within the first half.

England appeared out of concepts and solely Hampton’s double save prevented it from changing into 2-0 late on. After which Wiegman’s substitutes labored their magic but once more – Agyemang scoring a stoppage-time equaliser, earlier than Kelly hit the winner in extra-time.

Wiegman described it as a film and, if this was one, Kelly stated it might be a fantasy – one thing you may not make up and one thing that was extraordinary.

She was one of many coolest heads in Stade de Geneve even after she sliced a nook straight into the side-netting deep in stoppage time after which noticed her penalty saved.

However she reacted faster than anybody else, sprinting to poke the rebound over the road, beating team-mate Ella Toone to the ball, earlier than gesturing to the group to “sit back” along with her celebration.

She had it coated all alongside.

Her matchwinner within the 119th minute was the most recent aim scored at a ladies’s Euros.

Teenager Agyemang’s equaliser at 95:01 minutes, was England’s newest aim on file in regular time of a Euros.

“I assumed within the 88th minute ‘we do have to attain now in any other case we’ll have an issue and we’ll must fly residence tomorrow’,” stated Wiegman.

“Then I noticed we had seven minutes [of stoppage time] and we had time to create one other probability. The clock saved ticking and we needed to maintain going. The workforce by no means provides up.”

Having made it this far, England imagine they will bounce the ultimate hurdle.

Will probably be world champions Spain or Euro 2022 runners-up Germany up subsequent – however that is England.

“Getting to a few main finals in a row and attending to the Euros closing once more exhibits what this workforce is product of. We combat to the tip,” stated defender Bronze.

“It in all probability wasn’t our greatest efficiency once more nevertheless it simply exhibits the combat that we now have and the expertise that we now have bought. It was a rollercoaster of feelings.”