England must see off an old enemy if football is to finally come home.
It has been 25 years after England’s dramatic penalty shoot-out defeat to Germany, Gareth Southgate’s side have been handed the opportunity to lay that particular ghost to rest.
And should England beat Germany in Tuesday’s last-16 tie at Wembley, there will be real optimism that England, who are 7/1 third-favourites in Grosvenor Sport’s Euro odds list, can go on and lift their first major trophy since 1966.
A trip to Rome, for a quarter-final tie against either Sweden or Ukraine, would then be on the agenda but, should England manage to negotiate that hurdle, they would return to Wembley for a possible semi-final showdown with Wales on July 7.
There is no doubt that Gareth Southgate’s side have landed on the kinder side of the draw, with the likes of Italy, Portugal, Belgium, France and Spain all fighting it out in a remarkably competitive section.
England are 31/20 favourites with Grosvenor Sport to see off Germany at Wembley, with the visitors 2/1 and the draw 43/20.
The potential for another famous penalty shoot-out lurks in the background and the home side are 4/5 to qualify by any means, with the Germans priced up at even money.
Despite firing blanks so far in the competition, England captain Harry Kane is 19/4 favourite to open the scoring.
Wales are 19/4 outsiders with Grosvenor Sport to see off Denmark in their last-16 clash in Amsterdam on Saturday, but should they do so, they would set up a quarter-final clash with either Netherlands or the Czech Republic.
