It’s coming home! What records were broken after England’s semi-final triumph?

Even though it’s not home yet, football seems to be heading in that direction after England’s semi-final triumph against Denmark on Wednesday.

There was an atmosphere of wild celebrations when the whistle was blown after 120 minutes of epic football at Wembley. Indeed, fans across the country finally felt a taste of coming victory which perhaps was worth the wait.

A 2-1 victory against a dogged Danish outfit was enough to see the England through to their first final at a major tournament in 55 years, courtesy of an own goal and an Harry Kane strike.

The Three Lions last reached a major final in 1966. With a final berth against Italy secured, Gareth Southgate became the first manager since Sir Alf Ramsey in 1966 to manage England to a major tournament final.

Bukayo Saka was entertaining on the right wing, causing the Danish defence problems. He became the youngest player (19 years, 305 days) to start a match for England at the semi-final stage or later of a major tournament.

A controversial penalty was awarded to England at extra time and Harry Kane stepped up to take it. Although his effort was saved, the England captain converted the rebound to score his fourth goal at the tournament.

With that strike, Harry Kane became only the second player to score 10 goals at a major tournament for England. Only Gary Lineker (10) shares the record with him.

Denmark’s wonderkid Mikkel Damsgaard scored a sublime free-kick in the 30th minute. No player has scored a direct free-kick in the knockout rounds of the European Championships since Zinedine Zidane in 2000.

That is the first free-kick scored at EURO 2020 and the first direct free-kick scored in the semi-final stages of the competition since Thomas Hassler in 1992.

England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford finally conceded after keeping five straight clean sheets at the competition. Nonetheless, he has set a new record for an England goalkeeper.

The Everton goalkeeper became the England goalkeeper to go 722 minutes without conceding a goal, breaking Gordon Banks’ record.

England will face Italy in the final EURO 2020 at Wembley stadium on Sunday, July 11. By then, we would know if it’s finally coming home!