- Title: England fans celebrate rare victory over Germany
- Date: 29th June 2021
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 29, 2021) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS PROFANITY*** ENGLAND FANS SINGING BRITISH NATIONAL ANTHEM AS THEY WATCH THE EURO 2020 LAST-16 MATCH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND GERMANY ON A LARGE SCREEN AT A VENUE LONDON FORMER ENGLAND AND LIVERPOOL MIDFIELDER, JOHN BARNES WATCHING ON ENGLAND FANS, CHANTING: "COME ON ENGLAND" FANS REACTING TO A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO SCORE ENGLAND FAN WITH HIS FACE IN HANDS, STRUGGLING TO WATCH THE MATCH ENGLAND FANS TALKING WHILE WATCHING THE MATCH ENGLAND FANS CELEBRATING OPENING GOAL BY RAHEEM STERLING FANS CELEBRATING TWO FANS IN RED SHIRTS CELEBRATING VARIOUS OF FANS CELEBRATING (TWO SHOTS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) TWO UNIDENTIFIED ENGLAND FANS, SAYING: UNIDENTIFIED FAN ON LEFT: "It's absolutely wild, it's crazy, it's coming home." BOTH FANS, SINGING: "It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming. Football's coming home" VARIOUS OF ENGLAND FANS CELEBRATING (SOUNDBITE) (English) 29-YEAR-OLD SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR, JOE TUDOR, SAYING: "Do you know what? I've got to eat my words, Gareth Southgate had it to a tee. Couldn't understand it in the group stages why he was playing so defensively, but honestly he showed it here tonight, that change of shape, every credit to him, he deserves so much credit; Raheem Sterling and Gareth Southgate take a bow. As an English fan I was wrong, I was wrong, he got it right. Gareth Southgate is a genius, bring the waistcoat back Gareth, if you bring the waistcoat back it's coming home." VARIOUS OF ENGLAND FANS CELEBRATING (SOUNDBITE) (English) 18-YEAR OLD STUDENT BEN LAM AND 18-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, HARVEY MONK, SAYING: MONK: "I thought it was going to penalties, it was so close the first half, I thought it was going to go the whole way but I don't know, we've done it, we are fucking there." LAM: "I knew we were going to win I knew we were going to win" VARIOUS OF FANS CELEBRATING (THREE SHOTS) FANS COUNTING DOWN TO FINAL WHISTLE AND CELEBRATING (SOUNDBITE) (English) 42-YEAR OLD BORDER FORCE MEMBER, JAMES BREWER, SAYING: "I can't wait for the next game, I think we can win it now after that I think we've got an OK run-in to the final. Great result." VARIOUS OF FANS CELEBRATING
- Embargoed: 13th July 2021 20:14
- Keywords: England Euro 2020 European Championship Germany
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Europe,Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001EJGGJ0N
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS PROFANE LANGUAGE IN SHOT 15
England fans were delirious at a venue in south London on Tuesday (June 29) as they watched Gareth Southgate's team beat Germany 2-0.
Various pints of beer were flung up in the air at Boxpark Croydon when Raheem Sterling scored England's opener and captain Harry Kane claimed the second to secure England's place in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals.
It's only the second time England have beaten Germany in a knockout match at a major tournament, the first being the 1966 World Cup final. whch was also at Wembley Stadium.
England will next play Sweden or Ukraine in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals in Rome on Saturday (July 3).
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