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But England’s biggest scare came in Tuesday’s semi-final win over Italy.<\/p>\n
Their opponents were the underdogs – sitting eight places below England in the world rankings, and competing in their first semi-final since 1997.<\/p>\n
England were seeking a third straight final and Wiegman was hoping to reach a fifth successive major final as manager. <\/p>\n
However, Italy did not read the script as they took a shock lead in Geneva through Barbara Bonansea in the first half. <\/p>\n
England looked out of ideas and only Hampton’s double save prevented it from becoming 2-0 late on. And then Wiegman’s substitutes worked their magic yet again – Agyemang scoring a stoppage-time equaliser, before Kelly hit the winner in extra-time.<\/p>\n
Wiegman described it as a movie and, if this was one, Kelly said it would be a fantasy – something you could not make up and something that was extraordinary.<\/p>\n
She was one of the coolest heads in Stade de Geneve even after she sliced a corner straight into the side-netting deep in stoppage time and then saw her penalty saved.<\/p>\n
But she reacted quicker than anyone else, sprinting to poke the rebound over the line, beating team-mate Ella Toone to the ball, before gesturing to the crowd to “chill out” with her celebration.<\/p>\n
She had it covered all along.<\/p>\n
Her matchwinner in the 119th minute was the latest goal scored at a women’s Euros.<\/p>\n
Teenager Agyemang’s equaliser at 95:01 minutes, was England’s latest goal on record in normal time of a Euros.<\/p>\n
“I thought in the 88th minute ‘we do have to score now otherwise we’ll have a problem and we’ll have to fly home tomorrow’,” said Wiegman.<\/p>\n
“Then I saw we had seven minutes [of stoppage time] and we had time to create another chance. The clock kept ticking and we had to keep going. The team never gives up.”<\/p>\n
Having made it this far, England believe they can jump the final hurdle.<\/p>\n
It will be world champions Spain or Euro 2022 runners-up Germany up next – but this is England.<\/p>\n
“Getting to three major finals in a row and getting to the Euros final again shows what this team is made of. We fight to the end,” said defender Bronze.<\/p>\n
“It probably wasn’t our best performance again but it just shows the fight that we have and the talent that we have got. It was a rollercoaster of emotions.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n