Miguel Delaney: Bukayo Saka moves past England heartbreak to become heartbeat of Euro 2024 team
England's Bukayo Saka celebrates after scoring his side’s third penalty during the penalty shootout in the UEFA Euro 2024, quarter-final. Photo credit: Adam Davy/PA Wire.
As Bukayo Saka stepped up for the penalty against Switzerland, a lot of the England staff were conscious of the weight on his shoulders. Some tried not to mention it, but it did hang there. He’d taken many for Arsenal in response to that Euro 2020 miss, but it was nothing like this.
“I know there’s a lot of nervous people watching, like my family…” Saka himself said afterwards. That's enough of a thought to flash through your mind in itself.
