ROME -- Tournament knockout games involving England aren't supposed to be like this. For a country used to nerve-shredding nights of fine margins that, let's be frank, often end in agonising failure, the sight of Gareth Southgate's side breezing into the Euro 2020 semifinals with a 4-0 win over Ukraine in Rome was an almost unbelievable departure from history.
There was a vaguely similar feeling three years ago at the same stage of the 2018 World Cup when England beat Sweden 2-0, but that afternoon did not possess the same serenity as this.