Leicester goalkeeper makes humorous England jibe before semi-final

Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has made a humorous jibe at England, prior to the Euro semi-final between the Three Lions and Denmark.

Did you know the chart-topping song with the famous, or infamous, line “It’s coming home, it’s comin’ – football’s coming home” isn’t actually called football’s coming home, peculiarly. No, the popular terrace chant is entitled Three Lions. It was devised and performed by David Baddiel and Frank Skinner – the comedy duo had a well-known football television show at the time – along with band The Lightning Seeds.

Gareth Southgate and his 2018 England World Cup team revived he tune due to their fantastic play and achievement of nearly reaching the final. Before this, well, since 1966 when the country lifted the most prestigious trophy in global football at Wembley, English supporters have been let down on almost every occasion.

WC 1990 and Euro’96 were standout years under Bobby Robson and Terry Venables. Yet England fans deserve a more stable and cultured side with the talent at disposal, which is exactly what Southgate provides. Now the nation meet Denmark in the Euro2020 semi-final on Wednesday evening.

As you can see via ITV Football’s tweet, the song has reared its head again as Leicester City’s danish goalkeeper, Kasper Schmeichel, was asked about preventing “football from coming home”. To which, Schmeichel cleverly and astutely replied with a question: has it ever been home? Have you ever won it? Because England have never been triumphant in the European competition.

However, the journalist replied suggesting the 1966 win – though Schmeichel pointed out that success was obviously the World Cup. This can be looked at as a bit of a taunt from the intelligent stopper, although, he was merely making a correct statement. You can watch the huge match at 8pm BST – live from the home of football!