Ollie Watkins reveals he PREDICTED scoring late winner against the Netherlands to book England's spot in the Euro 2024 final - and even told Cole Palmer he'd set him up!
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ollie Watkins reveals he PREDICTED scoring late winner against the Netherlands to book England's spot in the Euro 2024 final - and even told Cole Palmer he'd set him up!

Daily Mail  

England have reached the Euro 2024 final after super-sub Ollie Watkins fired home a last-gasp winner against Holland to send the nation into delirium. Ollie Watkins' introduction in the 81st minute helped change the game for the Three Lions The Aston Villa striker's inch-perfect shot came at the end of normal time and proved the vital decider Watkins was named Player of the Match for his last-gasp contributions against the Netherlands Watkins also revealed that he predicted he would come off the bench and score in Wednesday night’s semi-final: ‘I swear on my life, I swear on my kids’ life, I said to Cole Palmer, we’re coming on and you’re going to set me up today. The 28-year-old insists that he had prophesised the goal with fellow substitute Cole Palmer Watkins was keen to urge England to block out the noise around tournament performances and look ahead to the final ‘I didn’t think I would be doing it in a tournament like that. ‘Hopefully they can do the same for the final or give me the lottery numbers!’ Southgate, who led England to a World Cup semi-final and a Euros final, said: ‘It has to be the best it's another landmark, the way we played throughout the game, we played so well, it was a complicated game, they kept changing, we had to change how we played defensively but I thought we caused them problems all night. ‘It's been a real difficult tournament and to do what we've done away from home is amazing and we have that feeling that there's one left, we need to win that final on Sunday.’ On the controversial decision to award England a penalty via VAR after Denzel Dumfries fouled Kane in the box, Holland boss Ronald Koeman added: ‘In England they would not give such a penalty.’

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