England have won a penalty shoot-out. Repeat England have won a penalty shoot-out. And with it they are in the semi-finals of the European Championship. It does not quite exorcise the demons of losing to Italy in the final of this competition three years ago but we will take that for now. It might not get away from the fact that they did not play well – again – and were perhaps fortunate to beat Switzerland but we will take that as well.
A triple-change off the bench produced an injection of quality and pace - the squad is there to make the Three Lions better
Quarter-final to decide England’s opponents takes place in Berlin