England put plenty of demons to bed as they reached their first major tournament final in 55 years after beating Denmark 2-1 in the semi-final of Euro 2020.
The game marked England's third semi-final in three years, the first coming against Croatia at the 2018 World Cup.
Though the Three Lions were dumped out at that stage in Russia, that fixture bore a number of striking similarities to last night's victory over the Danes.
While three years ago England took the lead in their semi-final stage, Kieran Trippier arrowing a stunning effort into the top corner from just outside the area, on Wednesday night the script was flipped.
England went 1-0 down, conceding their first goal of the entire tournament in the process, from a perfectly struck Mikkel Damsgaard free-kick.
His effort ended up fairly central, but beyond the stretch of Three Lions no. 1 Jordan Pickford who hardly had his best night's work.
In 2018, England sat on their lead for much of the tie, before a heart-breaking late equaliser from Ivan Perisic sent the clash into extra time.
It was a case of role's reversed at Wembley this time around, as though Simon Kjaer's own goal came just nine minutes after Damsgaard's opener, neither side could find another breakthrough in 90 minutes and the contest was sent into extra-time.
Mario Mandzukic's extra-time effort three years ago robbed England of the chance to reach their first final in more than half a century three years ago, as Crotaia eliminated Southgate's side who were just minutes from a penalty shootout - which would have been their second of that tournament.
There was to be no such sadness this time around, as it was England who found the crucial extra-time winner courtesy of Harry Kane, who saw his penalty saved by Kasper Schmeichel only to follow in to slot home the rebound.
There were still more than 20 minutes to play at the time of Kane's fourth goal of the tournament, but this was a far more resilient England side than the one beaten by Croatia in 2018, as the Three Lions held on to secure their place in the final of Euro 2020.
When asked about the suffering of the World Cup exit, Southgate told ITV: "We've managed to put that right.
"I'm so proud of the players. It's an incredible occasion to be a part of. We knew it wouldn't be straightforward.
"When you've waited as long as we have to get through a semi-final, the players - considering the limited international experience some of them have - have done an incredible job."
