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England stars celebrate victory: Watkins kisses gf after late winning goal

  /  autty

OLLIE WATKINS celebrated his late winner to seal England's place in the Euro 2024 final by kissing his girlfriend.

The striker was brought on for Harry Kane and only made four touches - one of which was to fire the ball into the bottom corner.

After the final whistle, Watkins walked into the stands to meet his loved ones.

And he shared a big kiss with his partner Ellie Alderson.

She was seen wearing an England shirt with the Aston Villa star's number 19 on it.

He then hugged another loved one as those around him applauded after his heroics.

Watkins and Ellie have been in a relationship since 2018 and live in Birmingham together.

Ellie is often seen supporting her boyfriend and is a regular at Villa Park, while she also attends football awards events.

Kobbie Mainoo also celebrated with friends and family after a stellar display against Holland.

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford chatted with his mum and wife Megan, and captain Harry Kane did likewise with his wife Kate.

Substitute Conor Gallagher celebrated the famous victory by sharing a heartwarming hug with his other half Aine May Kennedy.

Plenty of Wags were in attendance in Dortmund to cheer on the Three Lions as they booked their place in the Euros final, where they will face Spain at 8pm on Sunday.

England had plenty of concerns against the Dutch as they fell behind inside seven minutes.

Xavi Simons scored a sublime goal after dispossessing Declan Rice in midfield.

However, the goal sparked the Three Lions into life, and they were level eleven minutes later.

Kane won a controversial penalty after being caught by Denzel Dumfries.

The captain took the responsibility and converted from the spot with a tidy finish into the bottom left corner.

Holland came out fighting in the second half to try and find a winner but it was not to be.

That was because Watkins fired home in the 90th minute with a brilliant finish past Bart Verbruggen.

The winning goal sent fans, players and coaching staff into wild celebrations.

Even England's Dutch coach Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was swept up in the moment before realising it came against his native country.

Pundits Gary Neville and Ian Wright went wild in the ITV studio while Roy Keane remained his composed self.

After the game, Watkins admitted that he had predicted that he would score the winner in a conversation with Cole Palmer.

England will face Spain in the Euro 2024 final on Sunday at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

The Spanish reached the final by beating France in the other semi-final 2-1.

Randal Kolo Muani had given the French the lead before goals from Lamine Yamal and Dani Olmo sent Spain through.