Louis Tomlinson and his sister Lottie delighted England fans at the Glastonbury Festival on Sunday, ensuring they wouldn’t miss out on the Three Lions’ last-16 tie against Slovakia.
Fans attending the festival in Worthy Farm were devastated when organisers announced they wouldn’t be screening any Euro 2024 matches, over fears they would clash with planned performances.
However, Louis ensured fans wouldn’t miss out, by setting up the TV in the middle of his campsite, drawing in hundreds of fans to watch the tense game unfold.
Speaking to the BBC, Louis admitted that fans had branded him ‘the god of the festival’ adding it was ‘a little bit touch and go at times’ due to the TV’s glitchy signal.
‘Luckily we got the win, we pulled it off,’ he said. ‘[I’m] made up.’
Louis Tomlinson and his sister Lottie delighted England fans at the Glastonbury Festival on Sunday, ensuring they wouldn’t miss out on the Three Lions’ last-16 tie against Slovakia
The One Direction star ensured fans wouldn’t miss out, by setting up the TV in the middle of his campsite, drawing in hundreds of fans to watch the tense game unfold
The exciting match was documented by Louis’ sister Lottie on TikTok, with many festival-goers joining them to watch England’s tense game
As the game headed into extra time, Louis also told The Guardian: ‘It’s the second screen I’ve bought. The first got cracked.
‘I wasn’t going to take credit for it because it looked like we were going to lose in normal time, but now that we’ve equalised I’m happy to.’
The match wasn’t short of drama, with England coming dangerously close to crashing out of the tournament, before a moment of magic from Jude Bellingham brought the team level.
Manager Gareth Southgate’s men looked on the brink of an embarrassing Euros exit in Gelsenkirchen, only for Bellingham’s spectacular overhead kick to salvage an equaliser deep into stoppage-time.
And skipper Harry Kane delighted the England fans who made up the majority inside Gelsenkirchen’s 60,000-capacity Arena AufSchalke with the decisive goal – as the Three Lions turned their Round of 16 showdown on its head in 196 seconds.
England had been jeered off at half-time as they went in a goal down to Ivan Schranz’s 25th-strike for the unfancied Slovakians, who are ranked 45th in the world – 40 places below England.
And there was evident disbelief as Southgate sent the same eleven back on to the field for the second period, with boos ringing out within two minutes of the restart.
But the mood dramatically changed with Bellingham’s stoppage-time equaliser, which sent the game into extra-time – followed swiftly by Kane’s bullet header to put England in front.
Fans attending the festival in Worthy Farm were devastated when organisers announced they wouldn’t be screening any Euro 2024 matches, over fears they would clash with performances
Speaking to the BBC, Louis admitted that fans had branded him ‘the god of the festival’ adding it was ‘a little bit touch and go at times’ due to the TV’s glitchy signal
As the game headed into extra time, Louis also told The Guardian : ‘It’s the second screen I’ve bought. The first got cracked’
He added: ”I wasn’t going to take credit for it because it looked like we were going to lose in normal time, but now that we’ve equalised I’m happy to’
The match wasn’t short of drama , with England coming dangerously close to crashing out of the tournament, before a moment of magic from Jude Bellingham brought the team level
England’s victory means they will face Switzerland in the quarter-finals next Saturday in Dusseldorf, again at 5pm.
Switzerland progressed by triumphing 2-0 over reigning champions Italy, who previously beat England on penalties in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley.
The Three Lions’ Gelsenkirchen clash came one day short of 18 years since England were knocked out of the 2006 World Cup in the same Arena AufSchalke venue, defeated on penalties in a quarter-final against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal.
Sunday’s game was broadcast live on ITV1, whose punditry team included former England players Gary Neville and Ian Wright.
Footage of Neville and Wright’s reaction to Bellingham’s goal was shared by ITV on X, and it is fair to say that they enjoyed it as much as any other England fan.
Both men initially celebrated by running around with their arms raised before Neville jumped into Wright’s arms.
Neville then let out multiple high-pitch screams before shouting: ‘We’re not going home!’
Despite his boisterous reaction to Bellingham’s moment of magic, Neville was later critical of England’s performance in his post-game analysis.
He said: ‘Getting over the line and winning in tournaments is all important.
‘But to think you can go through a month-long tournament playing like we are doing and get through to the end… I think is unrealistic.’
