What is destiny? For England, It's a place where they find so much fortune

English destiny. Next up, Spanish reality? We’d best not count on it.

ECSTASY: England's manager Gareth Southgate celebrates. Picture: Frank Augstein, AP

Onwards destiny’s children…with smart-casual daddy destiny knitted and fitted for the occasion. A final in Berlin awaits Gareth Southgate and England. Spain await them too. Talk about contrasts in how to get there.

Is this what destiny looks like? A gifted team finally, mercifully clicking into gear with the help of a woeful referee, only to click straight back out and live on their familiar insipid edge again.