England is full of ecstasy thanks to the “Golden Generation”

Football returns home. cry” football back home”, which mobilized the England campaign EurocopShe will sing more powerfully than ever at Wembley from 4pm (GMT) today, in the semi-final against Denmark.

That’s because after decades of accumulating failures and Homer’s disappointments, the inventors of the most popular sport on the planet are once again excited about their choice and the possibility of lifting the trophy.

In its 150 years of existence, the English team has won only one title: the 1966 World Cup. Since then, it has never come to the decision of the first-class competition.

And there were a few more moments when England raised any expectations. Gary Lineker’s pick finished fourth in the 1990 Cup. Paul Gascoigne, a relic of this team, led the team to the semi-finals of the European Championship six years later.

The generation of Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney planted hope at the beginning of the century in the football produced by their top names in their clubs, but they were unable to offer anything fruitful when they united with the English shirt.

With the retirement of these stars, a supporter of the “England team” no longer saw the right to dream. The selection was disqualified in the first stage of the 2014 World Cup and fell to the start of the knockout stage at the following Euro.

It would take a miracle to get England out of their predicament and back as a candidate for great deeds. And that miracle came with the emergence of a group of talented young players who were soon treated as the ‘golden generation’.

In 2017, the English won both the Under-17 and Under-20 worlds and saw the emergence of names such as Jadon Sancho, Phil Foden, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Dean Henderson. Besides other good values ​​that were not part of the achievements, such as Jack Grealish, Declan Ricem Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and Reece James, they are all part of today’s England first team.

After a year of major titles, the English team did well at the World Cup in Russia. Although not treated as the favorite, he repeated for fourth place in 1990 and his second best campaign in competition history.

Now, with the boys of the “golden generation” duly integrated into the cast and the support of non-combatants Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane, England has changed its place and become a real contender for the European Championship title.

The team led by Gareth Southgate is the only one not yet in the competition and has grown in performances game after match. After the first economic phase, with only two goals scored in three matches and a critical draw with Scotland, England took off on the knockout punch.

First, she got a 2 to 0 in Germany, a traditional client with her. In the quarter-finals, they took a 4-0 lead over Ukraine and did not increase the defeat because they decided to save the troops from the middle of the second half.

The crowd got off and they really thought it was time for football to come home.

The winner of the confrontation between England and Denmark will face Italy for the position of the new European champions for the national teams. In addition to the two semi-final matches, this Sunday decision will also be played at Wembley.

Originally, the European Championship was supposed to take place in the middle of last year. However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a 12-month delay.

The novelty of this edition is that there is no fixed seat. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the continental championship, UEFA decided to hold the competition in 11 cities spread over 11 different countries (some of which did not even qualify their teams).

In addition to England, home to the entire final stage, Euro 2020 (yes, I kept that name even with the date postponed) passed through Italy, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, Spain, Hungary, the Netherlands, Romania and Russia.