Harry Kane sends England wild with dramatic Euro winner

There’s only one Harry England cares about now and he’s more chance of getting a gig in the Royal Family than Meghan’s husband.

Is it finally coming home?

It might be coming home after all.

England is through to the Euro 2020 final after a nailbiting 2-1 win over Denmark courtesy of a goal from captain Harry Kane in extra time.

After 102 minutes scores were locked at 1-1 when Raheem Sterling went on a dazzling run, cutting into the box from the right before being chopped down. The referee awarded a penalty and VAR agreed.

Kane stepped up and scored — but not without a dramatic twist. Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel made a brilliant save low down to his left, but the ball rebounded to Kane’s feet and he buried the ball in the back of the net from his follow-through.

“Arise, Prince Harry,” one commentator said.

There was debate around whether England actually deserved the penalty, but the home fans didn’t care.

“In my opinion, it wasn’t a penalty,” Socceroos legend John Aloisi told Optus Sport.

England will now face Italy in the final as it searches for its first major international trophy since the 1966 World Cup.

Kane’s goal came after a controversial moment in the second half of normal time, when some pundits claimed he was unlucky not to receive a penalty after taking a tumble from a Danish challenge.

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The referee even decided to ping the England skipper for simulation, despite there being obvious contact from a defender.

“I’m absolutely amazed that he’s penalised Kane for that. That is absolute nonsense,” one commentator said.

England great Stuart Pearce was blowing up. “That’s a penalty. VAR will hide behind the referee’s on-field decision,” he said.

England responds to ‘extraordinary act’

The crowd at Wembley was silenced when 21-year-old Mikkel Damsgaard scored after half-an-hour with a strike described by commentators as “extraordinary” and “Danish dynamite”.

Damsgaard got the ball over the wall and down again in time as it sailed into the top-left corner, evading Jordan Pickford’s desperate dive.

But less than 10 minutes later England fans found their voice. Kane slotted a lovely ball in behind the Danish defence for Bukayo Saka, who slipped a pass across the face of goal for Sterling.

Denmark defender Simon Kjaer slid to try and stop the ball reaching Sterling, but he only succeeded in putting the ball in the back of his own net and it was 1-1.

England’s goal came just minutes after Schmeichel made an incredible save from close-range, denying Sterling from a couple of metres out.

A flurry of action started the second half as Denmark peppered the England goal. Pickford made a smart save low to his right to prevent a driving shot going in, while at the other end Schmeichel pulled off a brilliant stop as he too moved to his right to prevent Harry Maguire getting on the score sheet from a corner.

Maguire then received a yellow card for being too aggressive in an aerial challenge.

Approaching the 70th minute, England coach Gareth Southgate replaced Saka with attacking weapon Jack Grealish, who has played a starring role for England this tournament as a super sub doing his best work in the front third.

It was a tense affair.

Mason Mount’s attempted cross from wide on the right turned into an unintentional shot that forced Schmeichel to backpedal furiously and tip the ball over the crossbar.

Both teams searched desperately for a winner but at the end of 90 minutes, things were still locked at 1-1, paving the way for half-an-hour of added time.

Kane thundered a shot on target a few minutes after the resumption but Schmeichel once again was equal to the task, getting a strong right hand to the ball.

Grealish then launched from outside the box but Schmeichel continued his hot streak by deflecting yet another effort.

However, there was nothing he could do about Kane’s double dip when the penalty broke Danish hearts.

England held on and the entire country will be watching when Kane and Co. take on Italy in the most important match in its history for more than 50 years.

All hail the king.

England fans were losing their minds.