Wembley explodes with noise as England come out to warm up.

The venue is looking glorious with the evening sun shimmering through ☀

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England boss Gareth Southgate to ITV: "We've kept things as normal as possible. Over the last few years, the players have gained big match experience and there's hardly an experience they've not been through.

"We need to be able to deal with their play between the lines, stop their presses and use the ball in the way we have in the last few matches, with the movement that will cause them problems."

On what he wants from Bukayo Saka: "What he has done in the previous matches. He has embraced that challenge. We were pleased with Jadon [Sancho] on the weekend but felt in terms of the balance for tonight, Bukayo was the right choice."

On playing at Wembley in front of home fans: "I'm pretty sure there's not a team who takes to the pitch without pressure so I don't buy that [England have more pressure]. But the players have coped with that really well.

"For us, it's great to be at Wembley. We hope the fans are enjoying it as much as we are. We hope we can give them what they want tonight."

"Southgate you're the one..."

Here's a rendition from the OG.

Ashley Young
Former England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

You can only beat the team that's in front of you. Whether that's Germany or Denmark, they are all going to post different threats to the team but you have to concentrate on what it is you've got to do yourself. That's to go out there and win the game. You've seen the way the team has played and that's to go out there and attack and that's been refreshing to see. Not to concede goals and then to go down the other end and score goals.

The opportunity the boys have now, if you said they will play Denmark in a semi-final with a chance to get to a final, they are going to approach in the same way that they have done with any game they have done so far and go out and win the game.

The Prime Minister is on his way to Wembley.

Any space for him on the subs bench?

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Any chants of "It's Coming Home" yet?

Karen Carney
Former England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

It's unbelievable. When I go down to my position by the goal in front of all the England fans, every game we've got more people and it's got louder and louder and I just can't wait to get down there now amongst the fans. It feels so nice and feels back to normal now. It's super exciting and I hope we make a lot of noise for the players out there. I'm super pumped.

Michael Griffin: Every time I've worn my England shirt on a matchday England have won. The one time I didn't wear it? The 0-0 draw with Scotland. It is now filthy and desperately needs washing but that's not happening until we're either knocked out or we've won the final

Ted: Just realized Denmark have only lost to Belgium (3x), Slovakia and Finland since the start of 2017. While that doesn’t mean much, it is making me a nervous England fan for this one. They’re a very tidy outfit.

England

England midfielder Mason Mount to ITV: "We know the occasion of the game. It's something we're thriving off. It's down to us to perform at our highest level and hopefully we can get the job done.

"It's a semi-final so there's pressure on both teams. We have come here to perform and it's time now.

"We will go into every game like we have been. We need to start sharp. We have a lot of fans here today so we need to play on that."

ITV showing Southgate's penalty miss from Euro 96 again.

Cheers guys, son's crying.

Three years ago, England lost that World Cup semi-final, going down 2-1 against Croatia in Moscow.

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire said they "need to make sure" there is not a repeat of that result on Wednesday.

"The motivation is there," Maguire said. "Losing the semi-final at the World Cup hurt a lot.

"I think we're in a lot better place than we were.

"The experience of that, we've learnt from it. We've had a lot of big games in that period to improve and a lot of time spent together on the training pitch, friendlies and qualifiers. Every game we play we feel we improve.

"In this tournament, from the first game to the Ukraine game, there's a lot of differences in the principles that we're demanding from each other. Of course we're in a better place now, but we've still got a long way to go."

Micah Richards
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

It's one step to the final. Win this and you're in a final. That's the difference this time. England v Germany is the one that as soon as it's in the fixtures, everyone wants to go there, everyone wants to cheer. But there are 60,000 here today. I'm just in awe of this stadium. I'm in awe of just being here and I can't wait for kick-off.

Denmark

Former Denmark and Liverpool midfielder Jan Molby on ITV: "I thought they would do well. We have got some really good results over the last five years. The start wasn't great, losing the first two games, but there was a back door for us to fit through and the rest is kind of history.

"That is the one thing we have - belief. We are aggressive, we press hard and we want to exploit the opponents' weaknesses.

"Two days ago I would have said this is 'game on.' But now we're closer, I'm fully aware England are favourites. Right now I would take a penalty shootout."

Mark Lawrenson
BBC football expert

Denmark have been on an amazing journey since the trauma of Eriksen's cardiac arrest.

They play very much an English style of football in that they are physical when they need to be, but they have got some skilful players in key areas.

They will give England a good game, and I think they will become the first side to score against Gareth Southgate's side at Euro 2020.

I still think England will have too much for them, but it might not be Southgate's first-choice team that sees them off - it might be the forwards who come off the bench in the second half who do that.

Lawro's prediction: England to win 2-1.

Karen Carney
Former England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

In football you've got to be fluid. It's not about one single formation. You've got to be adaptable and dynamic in that process. Our biggest strength is after 60 minutes our subs so stay in the game, tire them out and bring on our x-factor players that can win it for us.

How these two sides got here.

England thrashed Ukraine, while Denmark edged past the Czech Republic.

Gary Lineker
Ex-England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

It's very important that players have a lot of ability and that's what we have here. A coach can take you so far and preparation is vital and Gareth Southgate has been exceptionally meticulous, but you've still got to have the players with enough quality to perform on the biggest stage and be able to handle it. That's what we've got at the moment. England have a lot of very talented young players.

I thought this tournament might be a little bit too early for them, and it still might be and we'll wait and see over the next few days. We're in for a decade or 15 years of being very competitive in major tournaments because this bunch of players know how it feels to win, they are supremely talented, there's great depth and they've won major tournaments at youth level. They know what it feels like and history shows us that countries that have been successful at youth level go on to be successful at adult level.

The Prince of Wales invited the Band of the Coldstream Guards to play an instrumental version of the rousing football anthem Three Lions, at his London residence.

Feel free to fill in the words.