Jordan Pickford extended his perfect Euro 2020 clean sheet record and Dominic Calvert-Lewin made his second tournament appearance as England swept aside Ukraine in a one-sided quarter-final clash in Rome.
Everton number one Pickford produced another impressive performance as the Three Lions eased to a 4-0 victory to book a last-four meeting with Denmark at Wembley on Wednesday.
Pickford is the first goalkeeper in history to keep a clean sheet in each of the first five matches of a European Championship competition.
The tie was as good as won when Calvert-Lewin was introduced as a 73rd-minute substitute, but the Blues striker still offered an important attacking outlet for Gareth Southgate's team.
This team 💙 Wembley bound 🦋 pic.twitter.com/iJLUcgzovY
— Dominic Calvert-Lewin (@CalvertLewin14) July 3, 2021
England got off to a dream start, hitting the front on four minutes through Harry Kane’s first-time finish.
Pickford made an excellent save on 17 minutes – the latest in a series of key stops he has made during Euro 2020 – when he kept out Roman Yaremchuk’s low drive.
Harry Maguire’s towering header made it 2-0 shortly after the half-time interval – and further headed efforts from Kane and Jordan Henderson wrapped up the scoring.
Pickford beat away a powerful long-range hit from Yevhen Makarenko 15 minutes from time but it was an otherwise quiet evening for the 27-year-old.
Attention now turns to Wednesday’s clash with Denmark, which will be England’s first European Championship semi-final in 25 years.
The winners of the contest will face Spain or Italy in the July 11 final.
🎶 Que sera, sera... 🎶
— England (@England) July 3, 2021
We're in the #EURO2020 semi-finals – and we're going (back) to @wembleystadium! pic.twitter.com/fSXJ5vBJBe