The old enemy Germany - not just West, but Deutschland alles - were waiting for England in the semi-final. As if in an action replay of their 1990 World Cup encounter the game was decided by penalties after a 1-1 draw (Alan Shearer scored his fifth goal of the tournament after three minutes, a goal cancelled out by Kuntz after sixteen minutes). This time it was Gareth Southgate who missed from the spot to leave the Germans as 6-5 winners. Terry Venables had been unable to agree a new contract with the FA, and was allowed to stand down immediately after the tournament to be replaced by another former Tottenham favourite, Glenn Hoddle. Venables said at the close of his England adventure (11 wins, 11 draws and only one defeat): 'I am disappointed with the way it ended because there is nothing more heart-breaking than to go out on penalties in a semi-final. It's like getting ready to sit down at a wonderful banquet when somebody takes the chair away from under you. But I am immensely proud of the players, and they can go away with heads high. The performances against Scotland and, in particular, Holland provided exactly the football we had planned, and we gave as good as we got against Germany until the lottery of the shoot-out.  I have thoroughly enjoyed being in charge of the team, and in different circumstances it would have been nice to carry on. But that's not to be. I now hand over to Glenn, and I wish him the best of luck. He has some smashing players to work with.'

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Rothman's Yearbooks
David Davies' FA Confidential
F.A. Yearbook
Norman Giller, Football Author
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