It’s Ollie Watkins that’s stolen the headlines after he took his one and only chance to send England through to consecutive Euros finals. As the Aston Villa ace was playing non league just 10 years ago, Let’s take a look at his remarkable journey so far.
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00:00England's Euro 2024 hero Oli Watkins was playing non-league football less than 10 years ago,
00:09with his former side Western Supermare paying tribute to their former player following his
00:14stunning winner against Netherlands.
00:17The Aston Villa star came off the bench to score in the 90th minute of Wednesday's semi-final,
00:22sending the Three Lions into the European Championship final, where they'll meet Spain
00:27on Sunday evening.
00:28You see a lot of him. You saw a lot of his fantastic season last year as well. It all
00:34sort of came together and what a moment for him as well and how important it could prove
00:38to be for England.
00:39Oh, it's a massive moment and Oli Watkins stepping up. He's been waiting for that all
00:43his life to get that opportunity for England. Obviously, with Harry Kane being in a team,
00:47such a world-class striker, opportunity is going to be quite rare, but putting it right
00:52in the side netting, he couldn't have got any closer to that post really if he tried.
00:55So an incredible moment and one that we'll look back on for a long time, I'm sure.