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Steve McClaren now makes a good point on Sky Sports: “I hope England didn’t over-celebrate last night … After an emotional high you always get an emotional dip … Italy also had a penalty shoot-out which was a massive emotional high … between now and the final is the key, whichever team gets that right – recovery, work … ready for Sunday … whichever team gets that right will be the team that wins.”
My take on the penalty: I’m not sure Mæhle touches him, and Sterling is obviously looking for it – even Sam Matterface said in commentary that he ‘drew a foul’. It is soft, but Mæhle chops his foot across Sterling’s path from the right, and from the referee’s viewpoint, it looks a clear foul. I don’t think Denmark can have too many complaints, although England fans would no doubt have plenty had they been eliminated by a softish penalty like that.
