Gareth Southgate, a man born in Watford, has led England to their first major tournament final since 1966.

The Three Lions beat Denmark 2-1 after Extra Time this evening to put themselves just one more win away from silverware, with the man born in Watford General Hospital at the helm.

Southgate had taken the national side close to a trophy just three years before when he guided them to the semi final of the World Cup in Russia.

However this year they've gone one step further and reached the last two.

They will face Italy on Sunday evening to try and bag the country's first trophy in 55 years.

After the match, Southgate said: “I’m so proud of the players. It’s an incredible occasion to be a part of – we knew it wouldn’t be straight-forward, we said to the players we’ll have to show our resilience and come back from some setbacks, and we’ve done that tonight.”

The match was won when Harry Kane scored an extra time penalty on the rebound after an own goal had cancelled out Mikkel Damsgaard's opener for the Danes.

Hailing Kane’s cool finish after Schmeichel saved his initial spot kick, Southgate added: “There’s nobody you’d rather have on it, but you’re up against a great goalkeeper who he’s obviously faced a lot of times – but thankfully that’s now immaterial.

“I felt we would get there – I knew we would have different sorts of battles because Denmark are so under-rated as a team."