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Denmark keeper Schmeichel goads England ahead of semi-final: Has it ever been home?

Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has aimed a dig at England ahead of their Euro 2020 semi-final.

England are aiming to reach their first European Championship final, with Three Lions supporters consistently invoking the "Football's Coming Home" anthem originally made popular at Euro 96.

Asked what it would mean if Denmark were able to "stop it from coming home," Schmeichel replied: "Has it ever been home? I don't know. Have you ever won it? '66? Was that not the World Cup?

"To be honest I haven't given any thought to what it would mean to stop England. It's more what it would do for Denmark. I've focused very little on the England team.

"It's what it would do for our country back home. The joy it would bring to five million back home to do something like that, to compete with the nations we are competing with. Not really a lot of feelings for England on this."

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