Pubs will be allowed to open until 11.15pm this Sunday under a legal change in case the Euro 2020 final goes to extra time.
It's understood Boris Johnson has signed off a one-off law that will override licenses that force venues to close at 10.30pm.
The final at Wembley kicks off at 8pm on Sunday and could inch dangerously close to closing time if it goes to penalties.
The Three Lions will find out tomorrow night if they will progress to the final, where they'd face either Italy or Spain.
Last night Mr Johnson told a press conference: "I think my advice to everybody would obviously be to support England enthusiastically but in a responsible way.
"The events at Wembley clearly have particular conditions attached to them with particular testing requirements that we will insist on."
But hailing the change to pub opening today, the PM's spokesman confirmed: “We’re taking forward plans to allow pubs to open until 11.15pm on Sunday.
“I’m sure everyone will want to wish England well in the semi-finals.”
It is believed the change will happen regardless of whether England beat Denmark in the semi-final tomorrow night.
It is thought it only affects pubs in England. The legal change is expected to be brought before Parliament.
Pubs will be allowed to ditch social distancing rules and bring punters back to queues at the bar from July 19 in England - despite ministers admitting cases could hit 100,000 a day.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: “By the time we get to [July] 19 we would expect case numbers by then to be at least double what they are now, so around 50,000 new cases a day.
“As we ease and go into the summer, we expect them to rise significantly and they could go as high as 100,000 case numbers.
“We want to be very straightforward about this in terms of what we can expect from case numbers.
“But what matters more than anything is hospitalisation and death numbers and that is where the link is being severely weakened.”
SAGE member Prof Neil Ferguson appeared to suggest that could translate into 100 deaths a day.
Prof Ferguson, of Imperial College London, whose modelling sparked the first lockdown, said the easing of restrictions “will have to remain flexible”.
He said: “At the peak of the second wave 50,000 cases would translate into something like 500 deaths, but that’s going to be much lower this time, more like 50 or so.
“The challenge is, there’s still the potential of getting very large numbers of cases and so if we get very high numbers of cases a day, 150,000 or 200,000 it could still cause some pressure to the health system.
“This is a slight gamble, it’s a slight experiment at the moment, and I think it’s justifiable and I’m reasonable optimistic, but policy will have to remain flexible."
