Lucky general Southgate and England dancing out of the dark — somehow

Onwards England go. South to Dusseldorf next and wherever else the soft side of the draw can take them.

LUCKY: England manager Gareth Southgate gestures towards the fans after winning the UEFA Euro 2024, round of 16 match at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Picture date: Sunday June 30, 2024. PA Photo. See PA Story SOCCER England. Photo credit: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire.

Dancing in the dark. How apt but also…how?

Mere minutes after all of this had ended, Jude Bellingham left his brief post-match press conference in the bowels of AufSchalke Arena and let out a huge “wooooo” as he headed back to England’s dressing-room. Relief maybe, disbelief likely.