SO it's one hundred not out for Gareth Southgate -and if the England manager can get to 102, who the hell knows?
Somehow the Three Lions are through to the Euro semi-finals. They still don't look like a team accomplished enough to be champions.
But for sheer bloody-mindedness and never-say-die attitude, England once again showed that they are not going home from this tournament without a fight.
A dramatic, nerve-shredding penalty shootout victory snatched from the jaws of defeat in Southgate's 100th game in charge means England will travel to Dortmund on Wednesday night somehow still in with the chance of going all the way to Berlin.
After Bukayo Saka had come to England's rescue with a stunning 80th-minute equaliser to cancel out Breel Embolo's opener, up stepped Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, Saka, Ivan Toney and Trent Alexander-Arnold to score from the spot after Jordan Pickford saved from Manuel Akanji by spooking the defender with his mind games.
Last Sunday, Bellingham's injury-time leveller enabled Harry Kane to come up with the extratime goal to defeat Slovakia.
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