"It's so hard to get my head round my mate doing that - it's just incredible what he's done."
Connor Riley-Lowe has known Ollie Watkins since he was a teenager, but nothing could prepare him for the reaction his friend evoked after his last-minute winner to send England into the final of Euro 2024.
Riley-Lowe, who is captain of National League South side Truro City played alongside Watkins at Exeter City's academy as they came up through the ranks together.
"It's really hard to get my head around it, he's just a lad from Newton Abbot to me really," he told BBC Radio Cornwall, the morning after England's 2-1 win over the Netherlands in Dortmund.