‘Has it ever been home?’ Schmeichel jokingly responds to reporter
By Reuters
10 July 2021 |
8:22 am
'It's Coming Home' is a familiar line heard being sung by fans during England games, but when Denmark's keeper Kasper Schmeichel was asked by a reporter on Tuesday (July 6) how it would feel to stop 'football coming home', he replied that England had never actually won the Euros.
Denmark are due to face England in the Euro 2020 semi-final on Wednesday (July 7) at Wembley in London, competing to reach the final of a competition the Danes won in 1992.
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10 Jul 2021
'It's Coming Home' is a familiar line heard being sung by fans during England games, but when Denmark's keeper Kasper Schmeichel was asked by a reporter on Tuesday (July 6) how it would feel to stop 'football coming home', he replied that England had never actually won the Euros.
Denmark are due to face England in the Euro 2020 semi-final on Wednesday (July 7) at Wembley in London, competing to reach the final of a competition the Danes won in 1992.
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