AS you would expect, Harry Kane took it well, unfastening his armband and jogging smartly towards Kyle Walker to hand it over.
But it must have hurt - being hooked with a good 20 minutes left.
Being hooked when you are the England captain and record scorer - at a stage when your team are hunting a goal has to be particularly painful.
And what must have hurt Kane most of all is that it was the right call.
In fact, by that point, it was a no-brainer.
It was an obvious shout even though he had scored his 64th England goal, and 13th in tournament football, a strike that meant Gareth Southgate's team took a point away that their performance did not deserve.
But of all the worrying, error-ridden, below-par displays in this desperately disappointing England show, Kane's was one of the most eye-catching.
And not just because his uncharacteristically loose ball gave Denmark the pass that led to Morten Hjulmand's splendid equaliser.
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