Bukayo Saka revelled in banishing previous penalty demons as England edged past Switzerland with a shootout victory in the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-finals. Saka levelled just five minutes after ...
A penalty shootout is the most nerve-wracking ... and a tournament record 14 in 2021.
Wrapping his arms around Bukayo Saka, the England coach felt the teenager’s anguish. Having a decisive penalty saved in a European Championship match at Wembley Stadium can be such a lonely ...
It was the post-lockdown summer of 2021 that really launched Saka’s international career ... unifying face of a communally joyous summer. But his penalty miss in the final’s shootout defeat ...
Southgate knows all too well the crushing disappointment of missing a penalty and rushed to console his players after the defeat as Saka and Sancho were reduced to tears. It was a solemn end to a ...
They duly missed and so of course did Saka, the youngest player on the pitch at only 19 years old and yet the one entrusted to take England's decisive fifth penalty. Southgate took full ...