It was a sour moment on an otherwise exhilarating night for English football fans.
As always seems to be the way, a minority attempt to spoil things for the majority, and when an England fan shone a laser pen in Kasper Schmeichel’s face as Harry Kane stepped up to take a penalty, it was a low point in the tournament.
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The English FA might consider themselves very lucky if David Ornstein’s assumptions are accurate.
The Athletic’s correspondent was taking part in a discussion on Sky Sports News, and suggested that a fine was likely to be the sum total of any punishment rather than the Three Lions having to play behind closed doors.
? @David_Ornstein discusses what punishment #ENG might face after the #ThreeLions were charged by UEFA following news that a fan shone a laser pointer in #DEN goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel’s face during Wednesday’s #Euro2020 semi-final at Wembley. pic.twitter.com/xKOtr93rRM
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) July 9, 2021