England THROUGH to Euro 2024 quarter-finals: Three Lions roar to victory in Jekyll and Hyde match with Lazarus-like comeback from 1-0 down to beat Slovakia 2-1 in extra-time after ruthless Bellingham and Kane strike back

Captain Harry Kane contiguous headed England into the Euro 2024 quarter-finals - aft a monolithic scare against minnows Slovakia, successful a melodramatic large escape.

Manager Gareth Southgate's men looked connected the brink of an embarrassing Euros exit successful Gelsenkirchen, lone for Jude Bellingham's spectacular overhead footwear to salvage an equaliser heavy into stoppage-time.

And skipper Kane delighted the England fans who made up the bulk wrong Gelsenkirchen's 60,000-capacity Arena AufSchalke with the decisive extremity - arsenic the Three Lions turned their Round of 16 showdown connected its caput successful 196 seconds.

It sets up England for a quarter-final clash with Switzerland connected Saturday successful Dusseldorf and eases immoderate of the unit connected beleaguered brag Southgate.

England had been jeered disconnected astatine half-time arsenic they went successful a extremity down to Ivan Schranz's 25th-strike for the unfancied Slovakians, who are ranked 45th successful the satellite - 40 places beneath England.

And determination was evident disbelief arsenic Southgate sent the aforesaid eleven backmost connected to the tract for the 2nd period, with boos ringing retired wrong 2 minutes of the restart.

Former internationals had angrily laid into England's show astatine half-time during ITV's coverage, including visibly furious erstwhile Three Lions full-back Gary Neville.

The ex-Manchester United skipper stormed: 'It is amerciable that Trent Alexander-Arnold isn’t playing successful a crippled similar today.'

He raged, aft seeing England conflict to trial Slovakia's Newcastle United goalkeeper Martin Dubravka successful the opening period: 'We’ve watched this present for 3 and a fractional games.

'We tried to beryllium truly affirmative pre-game, reasoning this is going to beryllium the crippled - I don’t deliberation it’s a lawsuit of 1 sub, 2 subs, I deliberation he’s got to get 3 connected the pitch.

'He’s got to displacement the full communicative astir this crippled due to the fact that that is not changing unless helium does something, starting now.'

There was a glimmer of anticipation successful the 50th infinitesimal erstwhile Manchester City's Phil Foden - backmost from concisely returning to England for the commencement of his 3rd kid earlier this week - shinned the shot into the nett 5 minutes into the 2nd half.

Yet celebrations were chopped abbreviated erstwhile a VAR checked ruled helium was offside and the equaliser was disallowed - earlier Arsenal's Declan Rose aboriginal deed the post.

But the temper dramatically changed with Bellingham's stoppage-time equaliser, which sent the crippled into extra-time - followed swiftly by Kane's slug header to enactment England successful front. 

Southgate had made substitutions precocious successful mean time, specified arsenic bringing connected Chelsea guardant Cole Palmer, Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze and Brentford striker Ivan Toney.

Supporters successful the assemblage included wives and girlfriends of the England players arsenic good arsenic celebrities specified arsenic chart-topping popular prima Ed Sheeran.

Extreme temper changes arsenic the enactment unfolded could beryllium seen connected galore faces, arsenic Slovakia dominated the archetypal fractional and took the pb - earlier England fought back. 

The players had appeared assured erstwhile entering the Arena AufSchalke up of the 5pm kick-off, with manager Southgate making 1 alteration to his starting XI pursuing past Tuesday's underwhelming goalless gully with Slovenia.

He picked Manchester United's Kobbie Mainoo successful spot of Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher, arsenic England sought to publication a spot successful the Euros quarter-finals successful Germany.

Supporters had been thronging into the German metropolis and calling for the team to play without fearfulness and soundlessness critics with a thumping triumph - portion backmost location successful England bars and instrumentality parks were brimming with excitement.

Only 6,500 tickets were officially disposable for tonight's Round of 16 encounter, but hordes much than that fig converged connected Gelsenkirchen and started raising their brew glasses six hours earlier kick-off.

Crowds belted retired 'Football's Coming Home', tribute songs to Jarrod Bowen and Phil Foden and the nationalist anthem, amid optimistic hopes England to execute similar imaginable European champions.

More than 30,000 England fans were thought to beryllium wrong the 60,000-capacity Arena AufSchalke, afloat of anticipation contempt lacklustre performances successful the radical stages.

Three Lions supporters demonstrated erstwhile again that, contempt deficiency of authoritative tickets, they had managed to circumnavigate the strategy and crook retired successful force.

England and Middlesbrough instrumentality Paul Walker, 51, who was with his 17-year-old girl Kalea, said beforehand: 'It volition beryllium a imagination travel existent for america to spot England play present successful Germany.

'I unrecorded present present and marque the travel backmost to England to spot the squad astatine Wembley - we were fortunate to get tickets successful the ballot and are truthful looking guardant to seeing a 3-0 England victory.

'The squad person been criticised unfairly implicit the radical matches due to the fact that we came retired apical and undefeated.

'It is simply a knock-out lucifer present and we indispensable not play defensively. We person got players similar Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham who tin enactment the fearfulness into immoderate squad successful the past 16.

'England person got to beryllium connected occurrence and amusement Slovakia they are successful charge. We person the squad to bash that, with immoderate of the champion players successful the world.'

Mr Walker, who similar his teenage girl wore an England shirt, added: 'If you look astir you, you spot truthful galore England fans who person spent a batch of wealth and enactment successful the travelling clip to get here.

'We are each present for England and I cognize that volition not beryllium mislaid connected the players - we truly are the team's 12th man.

'But adjacent if we triumph this cupful I bash deliberation it is clip for Southgate to permission and I would similar to spot Jurgen Klopp oregon Eddie Howe of Newcastle instrumentality over. We bash request a caller start.

Kalea, who has travelled to Wembley respective times with her father, added cautiously: 'I deliberation we tin win, but astir apt similar 2-1.'

Technician Keith Randall, 31, from Sheffield said: 'England fans are astonishing and we enactment the boys successful each game.

'What radical person to retrieve is that they are representing their state and that is the biggest honour for them. But I ever consciousness they are playing for america arsenic supporters too.

'The stadium is going to beryllium mostly afloat of England (fans) and I can't ideate what the pubs are going to beryllium similar backmost home. Come connected England!'

Two Slovenians besides travelled to enactment England and had the emblem of St George draped implicit their shoulders.

Michael Mikla, a 25-year-old from Ljubljana who was with his person Anja, said: 'I person supported England since I was a boy.

'When England played Slovenia past week, a gully was a cleanable effect for maine due to the fact that it meant some teams could progress.

The salesman added: 'I would emotion England to beryllium successful the final. The players are the champion and they play shot with style.'

England bushed Serbia 1-0 successful Gelsenkirchen successful their opening Group C game, acknowledgment to a extremity by Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham, followed by a 1-1 gully with Denmark and a goalless stalemate against Slovenia.

A triumph for Southgate's broadside contiguous would mean facing Switzerland successful the quarter-finals adjacent Saturday successful Dusseldorf, again astatine 5pm.

Switzerland yesterday progressed by triumphing 2-0 implicit reigning champions Italy, who antecedently bushed England connected penalties successful the Euro 2020 last astatine Wembley.

Today's Gelsenkirchen clash came 1 time abbreviated of 18 years since England were knocked retired of the 2006 World Cup successful the aforesaid Arena AufSchalke venue, defeated connected penalties successful a quarter-final against Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal.